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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR SOUTH DAKOTA FLOWER, by KATHERINE TAYLOR
First Line: Upon unumbered knolls and buttes it gleams
Last Line: When comes to us that consummating light.
Subject(s): South Dakota
First Line: Upon unumbered knolls and buttes it gleams
Last Line: When comes to us that consummating light.
Subject(s): South Dakota
Upon unumbered knolls and buttes it gleams;
The sun and sky in rose and blue will bask
Above the sod where germinates the Pasque,
And weave through it the subtile color schemes
Of hyacinthine shades that pale to dreams.
The ploughman going to his daily task
Will smile in truth and drop his weary mask
To drink its fresh perfume, as from clear streams.
We see this spring-time chalice of the earth
Which speaks of hope and vision at its birth;
Has it not overcome the grave and death?
And from its courage born of glacial breath
We too, shall make a wiser, braver fight
When comes to us that consummating light.
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