Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BARE EARTH, by LOUISE VANDERPOOL


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BARE EARTH, by                    
First Line: Forever will the singing rain
Last Line: But where I tread, the earth is bare.


Forever will the singing rain
Be wedded to the barren tree;
Incredible the mellow strain
Of deadened wood in symphony.

The brimming chalice of the night
Caresses every leaf and stone,
A foamy wave in sheer delight
Is reaching for the crystal zone.

Alone am I, the flower and weed
That neither promise, nor betray,
Are pulsing in a holy creed
And gathering fragrance from the day.

How delicate the lily grows,
Its world is marvelously fair --
How twilight lingers with the rose;
But where I tread, the earth is bare.





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