Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BRANDED HEART, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY


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THE BRANDED HEART, by                    
First Line: I saw where women's hearts were hung
Last Line: "to go unscathed away."
Subject(s): Hearts


I SAW where women's hearts were hung,
Like fruit upon a tree,
And Time himself leaned on his scythe
And eyed them wearily.

One heart hung there so deeply marked,
So eaten by the flame,
That all its substance seemed to be
One sole consuming name.

And men cried out, "Find us such hearts
That our names, too, be hid
Within and heralded without!"
But Time said, "God forbid!"

"None ever branded deep as this
In the wholesome light of day,
Nor wielded tools so fiercely hot
To go unscathed away."





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