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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GREY BIRCHES, by MARGARET SHERWOOD
First Line: We lead the life of desk and book, the life that fails and strives
Last Line: But oh! The little leaves of green that do not need to speak!
Subject(s): Birch Trees; Universities & Colleges - Faculty; Wellesley College
First Line: We lead the life of desk and book, the life that fails and strives
Last Line: But oh! The little leaves of green that do not need to speak!
Subject(s): Birch Trees; Universities & Colleges - Faculty; Wellesley College
WE lead the life of desk and book, the life that fails and strives --
But oh! the little leaves of birch that ripple round our lives!
We pore upon the shadowed past, where all is said and done --
But oh! the little leaves of green, translucent in the sun!
We share the anguish of the world, the half-defeat, the fear --
But oh! the little leaves of birch that bring the glory near!
We wait in vain a leader's cry, we fall, exhausted, weak --
But oh! the little leaves of green that do not need to speak!
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