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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PULSE BENEATH THE BARK, by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ First Line: Is there not breath and spirit in this tree Last Line: Which fires the oak and homer with one spark? | |||
Is there not breath and spirit in this tree That stoically weathers heat and storm And gives no sign? Beneath this shaggy form, Does secret force not stream invisibly? Are there not hints no flesh-bound eye can see Of powers that stride the breezes? dreams that warm And bless, while leafy children, swarm on swarm, Burgeon, turn bronze and gold, and flutter free? If we could read the pulse beneath the bark And catch the stirs and tremors of the wood, Would we not find a something known, and mark How man and maple merge in brotherhood, And note a sameness, dimly understood, Which fires the oak and Homer with one spark? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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