THE BIRCHES
[RUPGING up to the hospital . My eyes must have been cast down, Or veiled perhaps, with thinking. | Whatever the reason, it is certain | I did not see the birches. But having found you in the tall bed, Your cheeks flagged with colour And your eyes focused on living, I went back into the afternoon And at once I saw them there. I had no: time To stand and stare, But these, but these ... I stood stock still, Nor could I tell Whether the birches Or whether I ; Sang soft hosannas
To the sky.
Elizabeth
Spencer
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 891, 31 August 1956, Page 14
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97THE BIRCHES New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 891, 31 August 1956, Page 14
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