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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EMBERS SPEAK, by THOMAS WALSH
First Line: I was the acorn that fell
Last Line: And the dying ember dims.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Acorns; Trees
First Line: I was the acorn that fell
Last Line: And the dying ember dims.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Acorns; Trees
I WAS the acorn that fell
From the autumn bough
In the warm earth to dwell;
I grew to a branch somehow
And I waved in the nightly storm
And sheltered the kine
When the hills were yellow and warm
With the noon divine
I too 'mid the sheathing moss
Felt the axe's blow
And fell with a thunderous loss
Of the stars I know
And the clouds that sift no more
Through my shattered limbs,
Save where the hearthstones roar
And the dying ember dims.
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