Comments on: Another question trying to find the name of a poem, possibly a very cheesy poem from my youth.

Question: Another question trying to find the name of a poem, possibly a very cheesy poem from my youth.

terceiro — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:24:11 -0800

PoetryFilter: I (mis)remember a single line of a poem and Google isn't helping me. God (maybe? or some other speaker?) says, "Oh, best blade of grass!" And that's all I've got, and it's probably wrong. Any guesses?

By: soma lkzx

soma lkzx — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:26:48 -0800

In Heaven, by Stephen Crane

In heaven,
Some little blades of grass
Stood before God.
"What did you do?"
Then all save one of the little blades
Began eagerly to relate
The merits of their lives.
This one stayed a small way behind,
Ashamed.
Presently, God said,
"And what did you do?"

The little blade answered, "Oh my Lord,
Memory is bitter to me,
For, if I did good deeds,
I know not of them."
Then God, in all His splendor,
Arose from His throne.
"Oh, best little blade of grass!" He said.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:50:04 -0800

I love AskMe.

By: Neiltupper

Neiltupper — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:33:10 -0800

Google isn't helping

?

It's the third link when you google Oh best blade of grass.

By: soma lkzx

soma lkzx — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:34:55 -0800

this will undoubtedly be the only time in life that my love of stephen crane's poems will come in handy

By: terceiro

terceiro — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:46:56 -0800

It might be the third link with "Oh best blade of grass" but it isn't there at all with best blade of grass and I didn't know for sure I even had the phrase correct.

So Google has not failed me, I have failed Google.

By: Dasein

Dasein — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:28:09 -0800

Fourth Google link for "poem best blade of grass."

Sometimes I wish people tried a little harder before using AskMe.

By: joshuaconner

joshuaconner — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:31:41 -0800

FWIW I'm glad you asked, because I never would have discovered this wonderful poem had you not done so.