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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILD PLUM, by ORRICK JOHNS Poet's Biography
First Line: They are unholy who are born
Last Line: Wild plum at night.
Subject(s): Evil; Plums; Plum Trees
First Line: They are unholy who are born
Last Line: Wild plum at night.
Subject(s): Evil; Plums; Plum Trees
They are unholy who are born
To love wild plum at night,
Who once have passed it on a road
Glimmering and white.
It is as though the darkness had
Speech of silver words,
Or as though a cloud of stars
Perched like ghostly birds.
They are unpitied from their birth
And homeless in men's sight,
Who love, better than the earth,
Wild plum at night.
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