Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GREEN PLACES IN THE CITY, by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT


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First Line: Ye fill my heart with gladness, verdant places
Last Line: We, by these glimpses, may remember thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, Mary Elizabeth
Subject(s): Cities; Gardens & Gardening; Urban Life


YE fill my heart with gladness, verdant places,
That 'mid the City greet me, where I pass;
Methinks I see of angel-steps the traces,
Where'er upon my pathway springs the grass.
I pause before your gates at early morning,
When lies the sward with glittering sheen o'erspread,
And think the dew-drops there each blade adorning,
Are angel's tears for mortal frailty shed.

And ye -- earth's firstlings -- here in beauty springing,
Erst in your cells by careful winter nursed --
And to the morning heaven your incense flinging,
As at His smile ye forth in gladness burst --
How do ye cheer with hope my lonely hour,
When on my way I tread despondingly;
With thought that HE who careth for the flower,
Will, in His mercy, still remember me.

Breath of our nostrils -- THOU! whose love embraces --
Whose light shall never from our souls depart,
Beneath thy touch hath sprung a green oasis
Amid the arid desert of my heart.
Thy sun and rain call forth the bud of promise,
And with fresh leaves in spring time deck the tree;
That where man's hand hath shut out nature from us,
We, by these glimpses, may remember THEE!





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