Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN SORROW, by CLEMENT WOOD


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First Line: Soon the thoughtless vandal
Last Line: How long before men end them?
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness


Soon the thoughtless vandal
Again will make them dwindle,
Whose sight is a caress,
Whose sin is loveliness:
Imperial marsh mallow,
Striding through the shallow;
Fugitive Mayflower;
Misty virgin's bower;
Jewel-weed and spotted
Azalea; hot-hearted
Columbine and tansy;
Trillium, wood-pansy;
Starry amaryllis;
Early-blown faun-lilies;
Plumes of mountain laurel,
Humble yellow sorrel,
Purple flame of asters,
Pepper-bush's clusters,
Golden-twining dodder,
Melilot, and madder.
Their sin is loveliness,
Their presence a caress:
With no one to defend them,
How long before men end them?





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