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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIGNATION, by EMILY ANN COFFMAN
First Line: Her tragedies she always keeps alive
Last Line: Under the white covering of the snow.
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: Her tragedies she always keeps alive
Last Line: Under the white covering of the snow.
Subject(s): Snow
Her tragedies she always keeps alive,
She wears a wornout sorrow as the oak,
Retains marcescent leaves; the winds revive
The monody by sobbing through its cloak
Through the silently falling snow.
It's better to imitate the naked beech:
It gladly surrenders all to winter's cold,
It's only its foot that ever tries to reach
For all its fallen leaves that slowly mold
Under the white covering of the snow.
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