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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FROZEN GARDEN, by LISL RAYNEL
First Line: Those leaves too green and tender to withstand
Last Line: This once was eden. Let us not look back.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
First Line: Those leaves too green and tender to withstand
Last Line: This once was eden. Let us not look back.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
Those leaves too green and tender to withstand
The onslaught of so pitiless a frost,
Are black and shrivelled, summer's beauty lost
Beyond the skill of any gardener's hand.
And next year's bees will seek in vain the sweet
Nectar, where multitudes in fragrance bloomed.
Their petals have fallen and their seeds are doomed;
The very ground is iron beneath my feet.
This tree whose airy top could scarce be seen
Was once a peaceful shelter for my head.
Let it be felled to earth: is it not dead?
Will mutilated stump send shoots of green
From these tenacious roots at which I hack?
This once was Eden. Let us not look back.
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