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A FOREST SYMPHONY, by                    
First Line: The orange fringe of sunset brightly flames
Last Line: And forest symphony are antiphon.
Subject(s): Forests; Woods


The orange fringe of sunset brightly flames
With beauty touched by clouds of silver lace;
The vibrant wind-harp of the wood proclaims
An overture of beatific grace.
The gossips in the grass all trill in tune,
While glow-worm candles lend their gleams of light
To pixy rings, beneath a crescent moon
That wanes. Now dark enfolds the world in night.

At length Aurora ushers in the day.
The elves retreat on sandalled birchen leaves,
The nightingale concludes his roundelay
While morning's rosy color interweaves.
The orchestration Nature loves at dawn
And forest symphony are antiphon.





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