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... and feeling presses dry and fever - sprung . Bless me now , Earth , warm me deep . I am old , would sleep . -From Old Woman in the Sun SHEILA PRITCHARD Drop of dew on green bowl fostered on leaf green 224 GREAT OCCASIONS.
... and feeling presses dry and fever - sprung . Bless me now , Earth , warm me deep . I am old , would sleep . -From Old Woman in the Sun SHEILA PRITCHARD Drop of dew on green bowl fostered on leaf green 224 GREAT OCCASIONS.
Page 225
... green bowl fostered on leaf green bowl grows under the lamp without flesh or colour ; under the lamp into stream of song , streamsong , in flight into the infinite- a blinded heron thrown against the infinite- where solitude weaves her ...
... green bowl fostered on leaf green bowl grows under the lamp without flesh or colour ; under the lamp into stream of song , streamsong , in flight into the infinite- a blinded heron thrown against the infinite- where solitude weaves her ...
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... green sprout appeared ; but the seed disintegrated . The green sprout grew , a thing of beauty , sent down roots , sent out leaves , budded , flowered , bore fruit , decayed and was itself a withered thing . I could not even keep the ...
... green sprout appeared ; but the seed disintegrated . The green sprout grew , a thing of beauty , sent down roots , sent out leaves , budded , flowered , bore fruit , decayed and was itself a withered thing . I could not even keep the ...
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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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