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A CHRONICLE by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: ALL ABOUT THE BLOWN WIND'S WAYS
Last Line: ARE MY SHADOWS NEAR IT.
Subject(s): SHADOWS;

All about the blown wind's ways,
Never unbelieving,
With a mellow, antique grace,
And triumphant grieving,—

Came across the meadow,
Went beyond the hill,
Thin as any shadow,
Passed my chronicle.

Earth writes the epitaph,
Rain and leaves wear it: —
Eyes to see, lips to laugh,
Are my shadows near it.



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