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First Line: A cabin on the mountain side hid in a grassy nook
Last Line: And from the magic tree of life the fruit falls everywhere.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Variant Title(s): Connla's Well


A cabin on the mountain-side hid in a grassy nook,
With door and window open wide, where friendly stars may look,
The rabbit shy can patter in, the winds may enter free
Who throng around the mountain throne in living ecstasy

And when the sun sets dimmed in eve, and purple fills the air,
I think the sacred hazel-tree is dropping berries there,
From starry fruitage waved aloft where Connla's well o'erflows;
For, sure, the immortal waters run through every wind that blows.

I think, when night towers up aloft and shakes the trembling dew,
How every high and lonely thought that thrills my spirit through
Is but a shining berry dropped down through the purple air,
And from the magic tree of life the fruit falls everywhere.





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