American Poetry, 1922: A Miscellany Papyras Classics

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Chapter 50

Self-Rejected

Plow not nor plant this arid mound. Here is no sap for seed, No ferment for your need— Ungrateful ground!

No sun can warm this spot God has forgot; No rain can penetrate Its barren slate.

Demonic winds blow last year's stubble From its hard slope. Go, leave the hopeless without hope; Spare your trouble.