Obligation

Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)



Hold your apron wide
That I may pour my gifts into it,
So that scarcely shall your two arms hinder them
From falling to the ground.

I would pour them upon you
And cover you,
For greatly do I feel this need
Of giving you something,
Even these poor things.

Dearest of my Heart!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Characters 274
Words 56
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 1

Amy Lowell

Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. more…

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