Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CRIMSON TREE, by ELIZABETH MAXWELL PHELPS


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CRIMSON TREE, by                    
First Line: This is not just a tree, red-gold
Last Line: Hosannah and amen in me!
Subject(s): Religion; Trees; Theology


This is not just a tree, red-gold,
It is the flaming bush of old
That Moses saw, returned and bloomed
With heavenly fire and not consumed;
The spirit blazes light when found
Close to such burning, hallowed ground.

Now let my heart flame as this tree
That burns with ancient mystery,
Till deep within the knowledge grows
Of seed God planted until glows
Such glory, that for one red tree,
Hosannah and Amen in me!





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