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FOR A GUEST CHAMBER by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE

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First Line: LANES DOWN WHICH THEY DRIVE THE KINE
Last Line: SOMEWHERE IN THE SKY.

LANES down which they drive the kine;
Fields where they do plow;
Orchards -- flagons of old wine --
Be remembered now.
Think of gardens full of bees;
Gusts that fleeting pass;
Think of tall laburnum trees,
Blazing in the grass.
Noise and rout are folded up;
Only Sleep is here:
Sleep that comes with quiet cup;
Drink, oh, dearest dear!
Safe as dew, as clear of fret,
Then let Dark draw nigh;
For a candle God has set
Somewhere in the sky.




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