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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DISCORD, by ANNIE MATHESON Poet's Biography
First Line: The buds were out on the lilac-trees
Last Line: That sweet spring morning, was lying dead.
Subject(s): Death; Mothers & Daughters; Dead, The
First Line: The buds were out on the lilac-trees
Last Line: That sweet spring morning, was lying dead.
Subject(s): Death; Mothers & Daughters; Dead, The
THE buds were out on the lilac-trees,
And the almonds blossomed like Aaron's rod;
The smell of the earth was in the breeze,
And the fragrant sunshine breathed of God.
But, up in an attic cold and bare,
A worn-out woman bowed the head;
Her only daughter, her love and care,
That sweet spring morning, was lying dead.
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