Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BETTER THE SEASONED FRUIT, by ANNA MAY DUDLEY


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BETTER THE SEASONED FRUIT, by                    
First Line: So unimportant! Now that they are gone
Last Line: When first the sense is taken unaware.
Subject(s): Fruit; Seasons


So unimportant! Now that they are gone,
The leaves once intertwined, the blossoms all!
Summer dethroned her starry ways along --
That this should be is nothing to appal!
Another year, no doubt, as heretofore
Will re-enkindle the desirous bough;
Summer return, in no way different more
Than that preceding her departure now.
Shall I then tempt the unproductive year
When better fruit, or more, in time may be?
Rather would I the Winter, cold, austere,
A later harvest bring, than immaturity
Pluck now such fruit as bitter aloes bear
When first the sense is taken unaware.





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