Poem by Madison Julius Cawein

Adversity

A barren field o'ergrown with thorn and weed
It stays for him who waits for help from God:
Only the soul that makes a plough of Need
Shall know what blossoms underneath its sod.

1. By the Summer Sea
2. Moss and Fern
3. Broken Music
4. The Old Herb-Man
5. Pagan

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