The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower | Text of the Poem
The force that through the green fuse drives the
flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever. 5
The force that drives the water through the rocks
Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing
streams
Turns mine to wax.
And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins
How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks. 10
The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud...
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