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VARIATIONS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN

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First Line: FROM THE COLD FOUNTAIN'S SUNLIT LIP
Last Line: THE VANISHING JEWELS WITH HIS WINGS.
Subject(s): FOUNTAINS;
From the cold fountain's sunlit lip
A shining film of water spreads,
It is shot with sun, it is blue and gold . . .
It scatters jewels to wet the grass,
And children watch it with lifted heads,
And the young girls pause there as they pass . . .
A sparrow sits at the edge, and flings
The vanishing jewels with his wings.



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