The Mind
The Coward
From Herbs and Apples (1910)
The Mind
Wishful of many honors,
He was too lame to climb,
And so he sat to wait for Death,
Forgetting to be brave.
He never saw the windfalls,
From off the trees of Time,
Drop down in mellow chance to him
The while he digged his grave.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Coward.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/228/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Coward.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/228/.
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