Foliage: Various Poems






STRONG MOMENTS

     Sometimes I hear fine ladies sing,
       Sometimes I smoke and drink with men;
     Sometimes I play at games of cards—
       Judge me to be no strong man then.

     The strongest moment of my life
       Is when I think about the poor;
     When, like a spring that rain has fed,
       My pity rises more and more.

     The flower that loves the warmth and light,
       Has all its mornings bathed in dew;

       My weakness is they are so few.




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