More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman;Richard Hovey
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By dark evangels.
Then hearing what the wild things say To one another, Those creatures first born of our gray Mysterious Mother, The greatness of the world's unrest Steals through our pulses; Our own life takes a meaning guessed From the torn dulse's. The draft and set of deep sea-tides Swirling and flowing, Bears every filmy flake that rides, Grandly unknowing. The sunlight listens; thin and fine The crickets whistle; And floating midges fill the shine Like a seeding thistle. The hawkbit flies his golden flag From rocky pasture, Bidding his legions never lag Through morning's vasture. Soon we shall see the red vines ramp Through forest borders, And Indian summer breaking camp |
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