Let me avoid these pastures of despair Where grasses lurk, and sun-rays stab my heart. I have left stalwart footprints in the way, Have met my fellows eye to eye; and now Shall clover abash me? Daisies start my tears? I have hitherto stood upright. Must I kneel And pay obeisance to a violet? I cannot stay while larks on easy wing Weave mockery with notes of lyric scorn. Let me escape while I may still retain My cloak that clad me bravely yesterday, Lest sun and wind and flower and pitiless bird Strip me to shiver at the face of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A TIME TO DANCE by CECIL DAY LEWIS MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PROVING by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN THE DAYS OF PRISMATIC COLOR by MARIANNE MOORE |