| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Spring | | By Charles R. Murphy |
| | From “Growth”
TREES have a gesture of departure, | |
| Yet forever stay; | |
| Into what eager land they’d travel | |
| No man may say. | |
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| In the spring they stand on tip-toe; | 5 |
| Yet, self-willed, remain | |
| In autumn to let earthward | |
| Their hopes like rain. | |
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| Yet forever a new spring cometh, | |
| And their muteness swells | 10 |
| To the voice of one long risen | |
| For long farewells; | |
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| Who with steps of eternal patience, | |
| In eternal quest, | |
| Would venture a truth too lofty | 15 |
| To be expressed; | |
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| Whose heart at times is burdened, | |
| When no dream consoles, | |
| With a heritage too mighty | |
| For rooted souls. | 20 | | | |
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