Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INSCRIPTION, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-)


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First Line: It is not hard to tell of a rose
Last Line: When sunlight is so close to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


It is not hard to tell of a rose
That in another's garden grows,

Or the green shadow of a tree
That has cooled others, but not me,

Or the star-radiance of a sky
That heaven possesses, but not I;

The rose is a scent, the tree a shade,
The sky a temple God has made,

But you are mine -- a flame that endures
To warm my soul as it warms yours --

How can I praise it when its light
Is the fierce pen with which I write?

Back to the rose. I cannot see
When sunlight is so close to me.





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