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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRICELESS GIFTS, by OLIVE MAY COOK
First Line: I found silver today in the cadence and trill
Last Line: Of that gay little song of the whippoorwill.
Subject(s): Birds; Whipporwills
First Line: I found silver today in the cadence and trill
Last Line: Of that gay little song of the whippoorwill.
Subject(s): Birds; Whipporwills
I found silver today in the cadence and trill
Of the gay little song of the whippoorwill,
And gold at the edge of the crimsoned west
In a sea of clouds as the sun dipped to rest.
Turqouise and rubies, amethyst, jade,
I found in the setting that God had made,
On hillside, in valleys, all summer they grow,
In winter kept safe in a casket of snow.
Diamonds and pearls I had lost for a while
I found today in the flash of your smile --
So my heart is answering the cadence and thrill
Of that gay little song of the whippoorwill.
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