Nature
The Aster
From Sonnets and Songs (1905)
Nature
The little vagrant gypsy flower
Has blossomed forth again--
Your face against the autumn sky,
Your face against the rain.
The fevered youth of summer days
Has passed away in tears.
The aged winter totters down
The pathway of the years.
Yet, nodding, luring, laughing o'er
The tired world's pain and scars,
Joyous I find between my hands
Your face--in aster stars.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Aster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/94/.
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Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Aster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/94/.
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