Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOOD MEASURE, by EDITH LOMBARD SQUIRES


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GOOD MEASURE, by                    
First Line: Here is good measure from the changing year
Last Line: This resurrection of the soul from earth.


Here is good measure from the changing year,
When earth, new-born, is slowly satisfied
By spring's deep sowing, summer's golden sphere,
Rich autumn reaping, winter's harvest-tide.
This perfect measure of time's ebb and flow,
A harvest that is earth's unchanging goal --
From winter dark the grains of wheat still grow,
And from the bulb's deep heart the flower-soul.
Here is good measure from each vanquished peak
And from each valley where the sun is hid;
Here is a harvest that the heart would seek
Beyond the stones of life's vast pyramid.
Good measure past all petty penny-worth --
This resurrection of the soul from earth.





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