Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THREE WREATHS, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE


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First Line: Three wreaths make I in the wood
Last Line: Down the wind of hallowmas!
Subject(s): Forests; Herbs; Woods


THREE wreaths make I in the wood,
Of the white herb that I should,
Of the sad herb growing tall
By a gusty country wall.
One is for a graybeard dead
Many an autumn come and fled;
One for a hand's length of mold
Covering a head of gold.
One for Long Since. This I make
With my very heart a-break; --
Listen to that footstep pass,
Down the wind of Hallowmas!






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