Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHITE BIRCHES, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY


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WHITE BIRCHES, by                    
First Line: Pale birches always make me think
Last Line: Or can it not be told?
Subject(s): Convents; Nuns; Religion; Sisters; Theology


Pale birches always make me think
Of nuns in convent dress,
Who, from a rough world gently shrink
And small white sins confess.

White Sisters walking modestly
Together two by two
With solemn whispered litany
From rustling leaves to you.

Oh, will you take a novice in
Among your sheltered fold
And tell how peacefulness you win—
Or can it not be told?





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