History & Politics
To Olive Schreiner
From Songs of Empire (The New Rome, 1900)
History & Politics
PANSIES, for thoughts; and Rue, for gentle grief;
Roses, — for gladness given in large increase:
Add now to these one soft grey silvern leaf,
OLIVE, — for Peace!
O life that put'st our noisier lives to shame,
Sign that the Bow shall shine, the Deluge cease!
Steadfast and true and holy like thy name:
OLIVE,— for Peace!
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Buchanan, Robert. “To Olive Schreiner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/buchanan_r/203/.
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Buchanan, Robert. “To Olive Schreiner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/buchanan_r/203/.
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