THE BLADE OF GRASS
by: Dora Greenwell (1821-1882)
- H! little
blade of grass,
- A little sword thou art,
- That in thy haste to pass
- Hast pierced thy mothers heart!
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- Oh! little blade of grass,
- A little tongue thou art
- Of cleaving flame,--alas!
- Thou hast cleft thy mothers heart.
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- Oh! little blade, upcurled
- Leaf, sword, or fiery dart,
- To win thy Fathers world
- Thou must break thy mothers heart!
"The Blade of Grass" is
reprinted from The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse.
Ed. Nicholson & Lee. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1917. |
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