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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANCE-FALLEN SEED, by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST First Line: A wise wind surely could never have sown Last Line: In the shattered rock; in the stunted tree. | |||
A wise wind surely could never have sown The seed of a birch tree upon stone. Some careless breeze must have wafted it to A thread of moss and a drop of dew That caught the seed in a cranny of rock. And now great stout roots interlock And the stone is broken, wedged apart By the roots that pierce to its very heart. What silent yielding; what desperate need As the stone gave way to the living seed! What love or hate, if such there may be In the long slow passion of stone and tree, In the shattered rock; in the stunted tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O SI SIC OMNES by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST PART OF AUTUMN by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST THE SAVING WAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE GYPSY by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE LACHRYMATORY by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER MY FRIEND by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS TO HIS WIFE by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS AN ADDRESS TO THE DEITY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ETHINTHUS, QUEEN OF WATERS by WILLIAM BLAKE CAELIA: SONNETS: 3 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: THE CASTLE OF KING MACBETH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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