Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RHYTHM, by WITTER BYNNER


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First Line: A nature that takes and never gives
Last Line: The sooner to become a grove.
Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel
Subject(s): Nature


A nature that takes and never gives
Really dies before it lives;
A nature that gives and never takes
Dreams a while before it wakes.

Therefore let the dreamer rouse
And learn a lesson from the cows
That eat their fill the livelong day,
The better to give their milk away.

Therefore let the corpse be quick:
It's rhythm, not arithmetic.
A poplar drops its treasure-trove,
The sooner to become a grove.





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