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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LUTHER BURBANK, by EDITH DALEY First Line: The gentlest man in all the world is dead Last Line: "lean low to hear all nature whisper, ""friend!" Subject(s): Burbank, Luther (1849-1926) | |||
The gentlest man in all the world is dead— So understanding in his thought of her That Nature made him her Interpreter, And crowned him with the sun about his head; Crowned him with sun, and gave him Love instead Of human greed; such Love that eyes now blur With tears, while memory's lavender and myrrh Breathe in the blossom-pall upon his bed. He sleeps as gently as he lived; and high Among the trees, and underneath where blow The April buds, the green earth seems to know And grieve—and hush—and softly say: "Good-bye!" And all who love him, where the blossoms bend, Lean low to hear all Nature whisper, "Friend!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH: FOR MY GRANDMOTHER by COUNTEE CULLEN BROTHERS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE GREEN ROADS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS EPITAPH ON FRANCIS CHARTRES by JOHN ARBUTHNOT THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: THE VAMPYRE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON LINCOLN (2) by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK |
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