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FROM THE GRASS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: NOW, FOR A MOMENT, ALL IS WELL
Last Line: NAY, LIFE IS LOVE; LOVE LASTS, O HEART.
Subject(s): ART & ARTISTS; GRASS; LIFE; LOVE; NATURE;
NOW, for a moment, all is well:
The eye looks out on lovely things --
Midsummer's facile miracle
Of sky and field and bird-swift wings.

Hush, heart, deep fellow feeling all
The world-pain; haply this may be
A symbol of some good to fall,
Come homing-time, for me and thee.

The old illusion? Nature's art
To cozen us of Life's keen smart?
Nay, life is love; love lasts, O heart.



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