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... earth goes on the earth glittering in gold , The earth goes to the earth sooner than it wold ; The earth builds on the earth castles and towers , The earth says to the earth - All this is ours . -INSCRIPTION IN MELROSE ABBEY Ah , love ...
... earth goes on the earth glittering in gold , The earth goes to the earth sooner than it wold ; The earth builds on the earth castles and towers , The earth says to the earth - All this is ours . -INSCRIPTION IN MELROSE ABBEY Ah , love ...
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... Earth Memories LLEWELYN POWYS I am old and had forgotten the benediction of the earth . A warm amnesia wraps like cotton packing down my bones to rest . I am old and years are peeling petal - wise , undone . I am old , and feeling ...
... Earth Memories LLEWELYN POWYS I am old and had forgotten the benediction of the earth . A warm amnesia wraps like cotton packing down my bones to rest . I am old and years are peeling petal - wise , undone . I am old , and feeling ...
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... Earth gave thee of her best , That labour and this end . Earth was thy mother , and her true son thou : Earth called thee to a knowledge of her ways , Upon the great hills , up the great streams : now Upon earth's kindly breast Thou art ...
... Earth gave thee of her best , That labour and this end . Earth was thy mother , and her true son thou : Earth called thee to a knowledge of her ways , Upon the great hills , up the great streams : now Upon earth's kindly breast Thou art ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age ... Carl Seaburg Limited preview - 1998 |
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accept beauty become beginning believe birth body born breath bring Carl Sandburg child comes continue courage dark dead death dream earth eternal experience eyes face faith fall fear feel flower forever friends GEORGE gift give given gone green grief grow hands happy heart hold hope hour human individual John keep leave light lives look lost marriage meaning memory mind morning mother mystery nature never night once ourselves pain parents pass peace person Poems present Press remain rest ROBERT rose selection sense share sleep song sorrow soul spirit stand stars strength sweet thee things thou thought touch true truth turn understanding universe whole wind young youth