Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NATURE'S WAY, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: If thou didst slip 'neath the encircling wave Last Line: In grief for theewho hadst a whole world lost. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Nature | ||||||||
IF thou didst slip 'neath the encircling wave And found sure death in coral groves below, Dost think the sea o'er thy unresting head Would check one moment of its ebb or flow? If thou didst lie 'neath the entombing earth, Drawn down ere thy allotted sands had run, Dost think one flower upspringing from the clay Would pause and droop, refuse to meet the sun? If thou wert dead and didst enshrouded lie, Wept by one heart that hung by thee forlorn, Dost think at cold or hunger's claiming call This heart would stay beside thy grave to mourn? How small a thing thou art in Nature's plan To her proved useless, out all careless tossed, Nor would she let one flower or heartstring break In grief for theewho hadst a whole world lost. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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