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Little Joke: Poem by Elinor Morton Wylie

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Stripping an almond tree in flower
The wise apothecary's skill
A single drop of lethal power
From perfect sweetness can distill

From bitterness in efflorescence,
With murderous poisons packed therein;
The poet draws pellucid essence
Pure as a drop of metheglin.

Analysis of this poem
  • funny
  • nature

More verses by Elinor Morton Wylie

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  • 'Fire And Sleet And Candlelight'

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