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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOME-COMING, by SIBYL CROLY HANCHETT
First Line: There's a warm pressure in the gusts
Last Line: And lays us quiet.
Subject(s): Homecoming
First Line: There's a warm pressure in the gusts
Last Line: And lays us quiet.
Subject(s): Homecoming
There's a warm pressure in the gusts,
Like blown velvet—ominously warm;
A few pale leaves take their last ride;
Dust rises like a whirl of moonlight;
A tumble-weed is going somewhere
In a great hurry;
And the clouds have much business.
Behind three squares of light
Is peace
And a sweet wood fire.
Fasten the old doors securely—
They must not remember being trees.
And we will talk with the fire
Until rain washes down the dark
And lays us quiet.
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