Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENCOURAGEMENT, by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY Poet's Biography First Line: When first peeps out from earth the modest vine Last Line: And to the future flowers immortal give. Alternate Author Name(s): Stedman, Edmund Burke, Mrs. | ||||||||
WHEN first peeps out from earth the modest vine, Asking but little space to live and grow, How easily some step, without design, May crush the being from a thing so low! But let the hand that doth delight to show Support to feebleness, the tendril twine Around some lattice-work, and 't will bestow Its thanks in fragrance, and with blossoms shine. And thus, when Genius first puts forth its shoot -- So timid that it scarce dare ask to live -- The tender germ, if trodden under foot, Shrinks back again to its undying root; While kindly training bids it upward strive, And to the future flowers immortal give. | 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 CULTIVATION by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY DIVIDENT HILL 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 |
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