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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER, by ESTELLE HALE PERRY
First Line: The fields were brown and sear
Last Line: I had seen god's signature.
Subject(s): Nature; Winter
First Line: The fields were brown and sear
Last Line: I had seen god's signature.
Subject(s): Nature; Winter
The fields were brown and sear
The branches bare and drear
The sun shone dimly
Then seemed to disappear.
Winter with a master's stroke this day
Etched every precious tree and shrub with feathery spray
Turned every blade of grass into a dancing gnome,
Then placed a lace mantilla on the roof of every home,
And in the easy wind, they nestled snug within their ermine lane
While white carillons hung from each tiny window pane.
Then suddenly in the southern sky
A touch of color seemed to lie,
Shades of powder-blue, more beautiful than I can tell
Came on the canvas and spread into the bay and fell
There, prone to call the picture done.
It was then in the hushed silence as it hung, that I was sure
I had seen God's signature.
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