Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRUNER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY First Line: God is a zealous pruner Last Line: But spoils the rose. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology | ||||||||
God is a zealous pruner, For He knows -- Who, falsely tender, spares the knife But spoils the rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A NEW EARTH by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY |
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