Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE TREES, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: I lay full length near lonely trees Last Line: Till the end come when we forget. Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F. Subject(s): Trees | ||||||||
I LAY full length near lonely trees Heart-full of sighing silences; So far as eyes could see all round There was no life, no stir, no sound. I thought no more down in the grass Of all that must be or that was; My weary brain forgot to ache, My heart was still and did not break. So close I lay to earth's large breast I could have dreamed myself at rest; Only that then the grass must be Above instead of under me. Wherefore, I thought, should I regain My anxious life that is so vain? Here will I lie, forgetting strife, Till death shall end this death-in-life. Ah, no: because, O coward will, Thy destined work thou must fulfil, Because no soul, be it great or small, Can rise alone or lonely fall. Therefore the old war must not cease, The hard old inner war of peace, With heart and body and mind and soul Each striving for a different goal. Therefore I will arise and bear The burden all men everywhere Have borne and must bear, and bear yet, Till the end come when we forget. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX AN ORCHARD AT AVIGNON by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON |
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