Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
Notes
Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is aa.
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The First Fig and Second Fig were the opening poems in her volume entitled A Few Figs From Tistles, published in 1922. I fell in love with St. Edna when I was 14 - many, many years ago. The Figs have been my watchwords since first reading them.
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To the best of my knowledge this poem is actually a set. My first reading of it as a child was in an old poetry book that listed both the first and second fig paired together under the title Figs from Thistles.
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No doubt inspired by the tale of the man who built his house on the sand, though I forget it. An inspirational piece!
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