Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FULFILLMENT, by FRANCES MOORE GEIGER


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FULFILLMENT, by                    
First Line: Happy is he who in life's field shall gain
Last Line: Close round thy roots, enriching thine own heart.
Subject(s): Growth; Trees


Happy is he who in life's field shall gain
One fair, tall flower, strong-rooted, fully blown,
From all the dreams his youth had fondly sown;
One flower, to recompense his toil and pain,
And triumph breathe above the stress and strain
Of long endeavor. Shall the tree bemoan
That all its eager blossoms have not grown
To leafy heights, and sigh that life is vain?
Rather rejoice, old tree, that many a bud
Gladdened a little child's soft clasp, and died
Contented there; that yet another part
Lived but to give the downy nestlings food;
And others, early fallen, crushed, yet bide
Close round thy roots, enriching thine own heart.





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