Songs
of the Grass
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HERE
all night on the dunes
In the rocking wind we sleep,
Watched by the sentry stars,
Lulled by the drone of the deep.
Till hark, in the chill of the dawn
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A field
lark wakes and cries,
And over the floor of the sea
We watch the round sun rise.
The world is washed once more
In a tide of purple and gold,
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And
the heart of the land is filled
With desires and dreams untold. |
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II
LORD OF MORNING
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Lord
of morning, light of day,
Sacred color-kindling sun,
We salute thee in the way,— |
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| Pilgrims
robed in rose and dun.
For thou art a pilgrim too,
Overlord of all our band.
In thy fervor we renew
Quests we do not understand.
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At thy summons we arise,
At thy touch put glory on,
And with glad unanxious eyes
Take the journey thou hast gone. |
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III
THE TRAVELLER
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| Before
the night-blue fades |
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And
the stars are quite gone,
I lift my head
At the noiseless tread
Of the angel of dawn.
I hear no word, yet my heart
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Is beating
apace;
Then in glory all still
On the eastern hill
I behold his face.
All day through the world he goes,
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Making
glad, setting free;
Then his day’s work done,
On the galleon sun
He sinks in the sea. |
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