Arts & Sciences
Truth
From Sonnets and Songs (1905)
Arts & Sciences
Up from the soul, as a blade of grass from the sod,
Springs the intent of the prayer as a cry to God.
Blossoms may veil it or visions with ways uncouth,
He sees the ultimate grass-blade, the heart of Truth.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “Truth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/103/.
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Whitney, Helen Hay. “Truth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/103/.
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