Advice: A Book of Poems

<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</SPAN></span> <h2 class="nobreak">ADVICE TO A GRASS-BLADE</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Thin and dark green symbol</div> <div class="verse">Of an earth forever raising</div> <div class="verse">Myriads of chained wings,</div> <div class="verse">Breezes have a form, to you,</div> <div class="verse">And sounds break into vivid shape.</div> <div class="verse">The proud finality of tiny sight</div> <div class="verse">Cannot lure your pliant blindness.</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse">Thin and dark green blade,</div> <div class="verse">Be not awed by trees and men</div> <div class="verse">Whose sound is all that gives them life.</div> <div class="verse">You reach the sky because your face</div> <div class="verse">Is not turned toward it.</div> </div></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />