Poem: “A Live-Oak Leaf” by Clark Ashton Smith

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A Live-Oak Leaf

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How marvellous this bit of green
I hold, and soon shall throw away!
Its subtile veins, its vivid sheen,
Seem fragment of a god’s array.

In all the hidden toil of earth,
Which is the more laborious part—
To rear the oak’s enormous girth,
Or shape its leaves with poignant art?

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