Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMNAL ECSTASY, by CHARLES WHARTON STORK


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AUTUMNAL ECSTASY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If my soul were a flower
Last Line: But flames to deeper glory.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


If my soul were a flower
It would fade.

If my soul were a leaf
It would fall.

If my soul were a splendor of painted skies
It would melt into night.

But because it contains the flower, the leaf, the sky
My soul is greater than these,
And in it they abide,
Unfading, unfalling, unmelting.

And there is an ampler soul, to which mine
Is a flower that not only fades not
But grows eternally,
A leaf that not only falls not
But spreads to wider joy,
A sky that not only melts not
But flames to deeper glory.





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