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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKE THE PEONIES (TO 'TEACHER'), by E. P.
First Line: You are like the peonies
Last Line: To give yourself away!
Subject(s): Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Life; Nature; Peonies
First Line: You are like the peonies
Last Line: To give yourself away!
Subject(s): Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Life; Nature; Peonies
You are like the peonies
You gave to me today;
You are like the peonies
That bloom the last of May.
Round and big and plentiful,
Nature lavish, too;
Extravagant in goodness,
As generous as you.
They shed a heavy perfume,
Oh, endless-giving flower!
You, too, shed a fragrance rare
Upon this life of ours.
You are like the peonies
You gave to me today;
Oh, how very like the peonies,
To give yourself away!
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