Peach Tree with Fruit

by Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum

Amid curled leaves and green,
Globes that have glow and sheen!
Fruit most aerial,
Fruit rose-flushed and pale!
But molded on a stone—
It weights the bodies down
Where their bright flesh corrupts
Sooner than crabb—d fruits.
Peach! Most flower-like fruit!
Two seasons in one growth—
Autumn's glow and sheen
Amid the summer's green!





Last updated February 18, 2023