Religion
The Blade of Grass
From The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, ed. D. H. S. Nicholson and A. H. E. Lee (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917)
Religion
O little blade of grass,
A little sword thou art,
That in thy haste to pass
Hast pierced thy mother's heart!
Oh! little blade of grass,
A little tongue thou art
Of cleaving flame, — alas!
Thou hast cleft thy mother's heart.
Oh! little blade, upcurled
Leaf, sword, or fiery dart,
To win thy Father's world
Thou must break thy mother's heart!
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Greenwell, Dora. “The Blade of Grass.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/greenwell/3/.
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