To: Lady Jag; JustAmy; MEG33; jaycee; Billie; Mama_Bear; All
The Flower
Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.
To and fro they went
Thro my garden-bower,
And muttering discontent
Cursed me and my flower.
Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from oer the wall
Stole the seed by night;
Sowd it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
Splendid is the flower.
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now
For all have got the seed.
And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
1,547 posted on
02/09/2009 9:47:44 AM PST by
yorkie
(Grandmas are antique little girls)
To: yorkie
I love it! Tennyson is one of my faves; I can't believe I never read it before.
1,549 posted on
02/09/2009 10:15:04 AM PST by
Lady Jag
(Believe in your heart that you're destined to do great things)
To: yorkie
Happy Monday, Yorkie.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful graphics and
poems this morning.
Hope you are enjoying a Lovely Day.
Wishing you a week of Hugs and Love.
1,550 posted on
02/09/2009 10:54:51 AM PST by
JustAmy
(I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
To: yorkie
This is very pretty, yorkie....Tennyson’s poetry and sunflowers make me happy!
Trying to catch up on pings before the ‘big man’ (lol) comes on. I am just interested if the press will coddle him as usual.
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