Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CULTIVATION, by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY Poet's Biography First Line: Weeds grow unasked, and even some sweet flowers Last Line: But thoughts are plants whose stately growth is slow. Alternate Author Name(s): Stedman, Edmund Burke, Mrs. | ||||||||
WEEDS grow unasked, and even some sweet flowers Spontaneous give their fragrance to the air, And bloom on hills, in vales, and everywhere -- As shines the sun, or fall the summer showers -- But wither while our lips pronounce them fair! Flowers of more worth repay alone the care, The nurture, and the hopes of watchful hours; While plants most cultured have most lasting powers. So, flowers of Genius that will longest live Spring not in Mind's uncultivated soil, But are the birth of time, and mental toil, And all the culture Learning's hand can give: Fancies, like wild flowers, in a night may grow; But thoughts are plants whose stately growth is slow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY A WINTER NIGHT by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY DIVIDENT HILL by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY ENCOURAGEMENT by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY FADING AUTUMN by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY MOONLIGHT IN ITALY by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY, ROCHESTER by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE BLIND PSALMIST by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE QUAKERESS BRIDE by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE QUAKERS BRIDE by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY THE SPIRIT OF SONG by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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