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SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 30 by BLISS CARMAN

First Line: THE SKIEY SHREDS OF RAIN
Last Line: SHE SENT YOUR SONG AND FIRE.
Subject(s): NATURE;
The skiey shreds of rain
Are all blown loose again,
And bright among the dripping chestnut boles
Whistle the orioles.
As if wise Nature knew
The finest thing to do,
And touched her forestry, supremely done,
With these few flakes of sun.
To-night by the June sea
You are come hack to me,
Through all the mellow dark from hill to hill
That gladdens and grows still;
As though wise Nature guessed
Her love joys were the best,
When down the darkling spaces of desire
She sent your song and fire.



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