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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN SORROW, by CLEMENT WOOD Poet's Biography 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? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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