Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOLLYHOCKS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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HOLLYHOCKS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O the stately hollyhocks
Last Line: Their words in the dusk to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Hollyhocks; Nature


O THE stately Hollyhocks
Flowering up the stalk —
Crimson, rose and creamy white
Blazoning the walk —
Soft with sighs, on summer eves
I have heard them talk!
But what they said in the balmy hush —
Not a leaf astir on the tree —
I shall never tell lest the stars should fall
And the sun drown in the sea! —
So sweet, so high, so wonderful
Their words in the dusk to me.





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