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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by E. JUSTINE BAYARD Poet's Biography
First Line: Sprung from the arid rock devoid of soil
Last Line: And fill with fruitful life what else were desolate.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cutting, E. Justine
Subject(s): Thought; Thinking
First Line: Sprung from the arid rock devoid of soil
Last Line: And fill with fruitful life what else were desolate.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cutting, E. Justine
Subject(s): Thought; Thinking
SPRUNG from the arid rock devoid of soil,
In vig'rous life I saw one blade of wheat,
Bearing its precious grain, full-lobed and sweet,
Remote from eye of him whose lusty toil
In other harvest recompense hath found;
And it seemed good to me that labour should
Beyond its aim or asking thus abound,
While reaping to itself its purchased food:
So, too, from him, who the prolific thought
Sows in the cultured field of intellect,
A wandering breath its course may intersect,
And bear an embryo with rich promise fraught
Within some barren soul to germinate,
And fill with fruitful life what else were desolate.
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