Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LUTHER BURBANK, by EDITH DALEY


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LUTHER BURBANK, by                    
First Line: The gentlest man in all the world is dead
Last Line: "lean low to hear all nature whisper, ""friend!"
Subject(s): Burbank, Luther (1849-1926)


The gentlest man in all the world is dead—
So understanding in his thought of her
That Nature made him her Interpreter,
And crowned him with the sun about his head;
Crowned him with sun, and gave him Love instead
Of human greed; such Love that eyes now blur
With tears, while memory's lavender and myrrh
Breathe in the blossom-pall upon his bed.

He sleeps as gently as he lived; and high
Among the trees, and underneath where blow
The April buds, the green earth seems to know
And grieve—and hush—and softly say:
"Good-bye!"
And all who love him, where the blossoms bend,
Lean low to hear all Nature whisper, "Friend!"





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