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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD LEAVES, by SYBIL B. GIDDINGS
First Line: I walked among the forest leaves
Last Line: This fruitful fragrance held in store.
Subject(s): Leaves
First Line: I walked among the forest leaves
Last Line: This fruitful fragrance held in store.
Subject(s): Leaves
I walked among the forest leaves;
The rustling ones late fallen down.
Beneath them, mellow, moist and brown,
Lay leaf-mould fecund earth receives.
The smell of earth on forest floor
Holds all of Genesis in thrall!
As leaves of old-time books recall
This fruitful fragrance held in store.
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