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THE HERITAGE by CHARLES KELLOGG FIELD

First Line: TODAY THE HEART LOOKS UP TO HEAR
Last Line: AND HEIRS OF ALL THEY LONGED TO BE!

Today the heart looks up to hear
Anew the exultant speech of Spring,
The world-old echoes, fluted clear
Across a world of blossoming;

The souls of all who loved and knew
The face of beauty wake again
In color on the radiant hills,
In music through the aisles of grain;

And we, together, breathing deep
The wonder and the ecstasy,
Are lords of all they could not keep
And heirs of all they longed to be!



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