Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MESSAGES, by ALMINA M. MACY


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First Line: When a message on paper is left at the door
Last Line: At our doors and our hearts through the fragrance of things.
Subject(s): Flowers; Letters


When a message on paper is left at the door,
We turn it, and ponder it, o'er and o'er;
We scan it and weigh it, with many a thought,
And feast on the pleasure the message has brought.

The mailman is wondering as he goes by,—
Has he brought us a prize, or a smile, or a sigh?
What will he bring when he comes here again,
Sorrow in sunshine? Joy in the rain?

We return from abroad midst the early spring showers,
And we find at the doorstep the sweetest of flowers,—
Each a message of love that God lavishly flings
At our doors and our hearts through the fragrance of things.





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