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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PINES, by JULIE MATHILDE LIPPMANN First Line: Throughout the soft and sunlit day Last Line: Who side by side will stand or fall. | |||
THROUGHOUT the soft and sunlit day The pennoned pines, in strict array, Stand grim and silent, gaunt and gray. But when the blasts of winter keen, They whisper each to each, and lean Like comrades with a bond between. And seeing them deport them so, One almost thinks they seek to show How mortal-like mere trees may grow, For men, in peace time, stand aloof, One from the other, asking proof Of lineage and race and roof. But let the blast of battle call, -- Lo! they're unquestioning comrades all, Who side by side will stand or fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STONE WALLS by JULIE MATHILDE LIPPMANN A LITTLE GIRL'S PRAYER by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE SONG OF THE SHEPHERDS by EDWIN MARKHAM THE LAST MAN: A CROCODILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE LILY IN CRYSTAL by ROBERT HERRICK TO A CHILD EMBRACING HIS MOTHER by THOMAS HOOD MADRIGAL: 109 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI |
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