Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MYRTLE IN THE MIST, by ROSEMARY TREBON


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MYRTLE IN THE MIST, by                    
First Line: Below the cliff an overhanging rock
Last Line: There's something in every soul that's better unprofess't.
Subject(s): Youth


Below the cliff an overhanging rock
Tempers with a sunbeam and a star,
Above the window there's a noisy clock
Responsible not for what we are

But for what we later find we should be,
What we should have known of death and birth,
Not the horror, pain and sorrow we see
But the magic cycle . . . earth to earth.

If we're blessed by God to live the life of youth,
The thrill of great romance beneath a moon star kiss't,
Of all this world of knowledge you'd best accept the truth
For there's nothing sad as myrtle in the mist.

There's something in every life that's always best unsaid,
There's something in every heart that should be left at rest;
There's something in every mind that is much better dead,
There's something in every soul that's better unprofess't.





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