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CONTRAST by O. E. ENFIELD

First Line: IT'S APRIL AND THE SNOW IS SIFTING DOWN
Last Line: AS JAPONICAS IN THE SNOW?
Subject(s): CALM; PLACID; UNDISTURBED; TRANQUILITY;
It's April and the snow is sifting down,
Yet, there are no winds to blow;
Behold, as bright as fire and red as blood
Are japonicas in the snow!

I stand before the window, mute, enrapt,
As a lover would and gaze
On the bushes green, now draped in white
Where those blossoms brilliant blaze.

I wonder, when I reach that time in life --
The time when my steps are slow --
Shall my heart and thoughts make such contrast
As japonicas in the snow?



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