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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILHOUETTES, by IRMA SCOTT LERICHE
First Line: An old fir tree with lifted arms
Last Line: Stands looking straight to god.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: An old fir tree with lifted arms
Last Line: Stands looking straight to god.
Subject(s): Old Age
An old fir tree with lifted arms
—Of all old trees most blest—
Stands dark against the sunset glow
Upon a high hill's crest.
Across the dawn a wild drake flies
Seeking his homeward way—
Motionless beside a pool
A heron waits for day.
A spray of jessamine against
An old brick wall at night,
In magic of a summer moon
Gleams silver-cool and white.
The shadow of a silver birch
Lies sculptured on the sod—
In solemn peace a tall slim spire
Stands looking straight to God.
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