My Lady Is Compared To A Young Tree
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
When I see a young tree
In its white beginning,
With white leaves
And white buds
Barely tipped with green,
In the April weather,
In the weeping sunshine—
Then I see my lady,
My democratic queen,
Standing free and equal
With the youngest woodland sapling
Swaying, singing in the wind,
Delicate and white:
Soul so near to blossom,
Fragile, strong as death;
A kiss from far-off Eden,
A flash of Judgment's trumpet—
April's breath.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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