Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, APPRECIATION, by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER


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First Line: What recks he now that in his silent hall
Last Line: And lo, they wreathe his brow with fadeless flowers!


What recks he now that in his silent hall,
And in his death-dulled ear they speak the praise
Which would have heartened those exacting days
When to his task plain Duty kept him thrall?
Or, cares he aught if deep upon his pall
Lie flowers of sweetest scent or softest hue?—
They had been welcome once, for we recall
That in his dusty lane none ever grew.

But while he failed the lifting word to hear
That sings itself like music through the soul;
While each flower-face had been a friend to cheer,
Let this all lonely toilers now console:
He hears "Well Done" from other lips than ours,
And lo, they wreathe his brow with fadeless flowers!





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