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THE NET by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: A MERRY YOUNG BREEZE FOUND A DELICATE LOOM
Last Line: THAT WAS WOVEN THAT SUMMER DAY!
Subject(s): WEAVERS AND WEAVING;

A merry young breeze found a delicate loom,
And his labor was more like play,
But he wove me a charm and he wove me a doom
From the heart of a summer day.

He wove it of clouds, and a thrush's call,
And the breath of a blossom fair;
But oh! the warp and the woof of it all
Was the wisp of a maiden's hair!

And though you should harness the talons of hell,
And tear at it ever and aye,
You could not break the web of the spell
That was woven that summer day!



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