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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LILACS, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography
First Line: A welcome of great lilacs at the gate
Last Line: Sweet lilacs blooming by a broken gate?
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
First Line: A welcome of great lilacs at the gate
Last Line: Sweet lilacs blooming by a broken gate?
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
A welcome of great lilacs at the gate,
A purple arch, a dense screen on both sides.
Lilacs, lilacs, whom do you await?
The house is empty your profusion hides.
Young lovers used to pluck you as they passed.
Your perfume, sweet as love, May breezes blew.
Ah, noble lilacs what romances last
In your great height, fragrance and purple hue.
You live and bloom when what you loved is gone.
You stand your ground and grow when no one cares.
I grieve the garden waste you look upon;
The burden of the past your perfume bears.
The gate now lies unhinged, yet no youth comes
With quick drawn breath, on fire to learn his fate.
Did dreams come true of love, achievement, homes --
Sweet lilacs blooming by a broken gate?
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