Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE HUMAN FLOWER: 1, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH


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THE HUMAN FLOWER: 1, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the old void of unrecorded time
Last Line: The world's consummate, peerless human flower.
Subject(s): Flowers; Time


IN the old void of unrecorded time,
In long, slow æons of the voiceless past,
A seed from out the weltering fire-mist cast
Took root -- a struggling plant that from its prime
Through rudiments uncouth, through rock and slime,
Grew, changing form and issue -- and clinging fast,
Stretched its aspiring tendrils -- till at last
Shaped like a spirit it began to climb
Beyond its rugged stem with leaf and bud
Still burgeoning to greet the sunlit air
That clothed its regal top with love and power,
And compassed it as with a heavenly flood --
Until it burst in bloom beyond compare,
The world's consummate, peerless human flower.





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