Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENVOY, by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT


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First Line: Sweet world, if you will hear me now
Last Line: A little blush-rose wet with dew.
Alternate Author Name(s): Piatt, Sarah


SWEET World, if you will hear me now:
I may not own a sounding Lyre
And wear my name upon my brow
Like some great jewel quick with fire.

But let me, singing, sit apart,
In tender quiet with a few,
And keep my fame upon my heart,
A little blush-rose wet with dew.





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