Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WOULD THAT I WERE LIKE A TREE, by LEILA CHAMBERLAIN DEANE


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I WOULD THAT I WERE LIKE A TREE, by                    
First Line: Wait ... Wait patiently ... / I would that I
Last Line: . . . I shall wait as still -- as patiently.
Subject(s): Patience


Wait . . . wait patiently. . . .
I would that I were like a tree
So still, so silent, straight, unbent --
Out there beneath the firmament --
. . . Waiting . . . waiting -- patiently.

Day by day it stands
While gaily heaven's golden wand
With sweet persistence sprinkles beams
Of sunshine-rays upon its leaves --
. . . Waits . . . standing -- patiently.

Through eve's dusky time,
When church bells sing through silver chimes,
Its watch still keeps while changing earth
And shadows play with gentle mirth --
. . . As it waits on -- so patiently.

Oh, may this my prayer
So earnest be: that I may more,
And more, grow like a tree
That waits and waits so patiently --
. . . I shall wait as still -- as patiently.





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