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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW OFTEN SIMON, by HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER
First Line: How often simon, in the years before
Last Line: Seeing again the wounded son of god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bower, W. M., Mrs.
First Line: How often simon, in the years before
Last Line: Seeing again the wounded son of god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bower, W. M., Mrs.
How often Simon, in the years before,
Had watched green branches on a windy hill,
Back in that country home, feeling no more
Than such adventure as a young lad will
Who muses on a day-dream, taking ease
Upon his back, face lifted to the sun.
They were familiar friends, these sturdy trees;
How often he had watched them one by one.
How often Simon, in the years to come,
Would never see a green tree sway and toss
With idle gesture on the hills of home,
But he would trace the pattern of the Cross --
And turn and bury face against the sod,
Seeing again the wounded Son of God.
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