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THE CEDAR CHEST by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HER MIND IS LIKE HER CEDAR CHEST
Last Line: HER SMALL AND SWEET MATERNAL WORDS.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
HER mind is like her cedar chest
Wherein in quietness do rest
The wistful dreamings of her heart
In fragrant folds all laid apart.

There, put away in sprigs of rhyme
Until her life's full blossom-time,
Flutter (like tremulous little birds)
Her small and sweet maternal words.



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