Arts & Sciences
The Poet gathers fruit from every tree
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Arts & Sciences
The Poet gathers fruit from every tree,
Yea, grapes from thorns and figs from thistles he.
Pluck'd by his hand, the basest weed that grows
Towers to a lily, reddens to a rose.
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Watson, William. “The Poet gathers fruit from every tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/64/.
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Watson, William. “The Poet gathers fruit from every tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/64/.
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