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PLACES: 3. WINTER SUN (LENOX) by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE WAS A BUSH WITH SCARLET BERRIES
Last Line: "AT LEAST WE TWO HAVE HAD TO-DAY."

There was a bush with scarlet berries
And there were hemlocks heaped with snow;
With a sound like surf on long sea-beaches
They took the wind and let it go.

The hills were shining in their samite,
Fold after fold they flowed away --
"Let come what may," your eyes were saying,
"At least we two have had to-day."



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