Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PAIN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: I am a gardener to weed
Last Line: And, for the fruit, to die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Pain; Suffering; Misery


I am a gardener to weed
And dig about the heart;
To plant therein the pregnant seed,
And watch, with many a smart,
The stem and leaf and blossom rise,
Alternate to supply
The victims for the sacrifice,
And, for the fruit, to die.





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