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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 35. PERSEVERE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: What if her heart be found as hard as flint? Last Line: And sturdy trees yield to repeated stroke. Subject(s): Love; Perseverance; Trees | |||
WHAT if her heart be found as hard as flint? What if her cruel breast be turned to oak? Continu'd drops will make the stone relent, And sturdy trees yield to repeated stroke. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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