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THE WHOLE DUTY OF BERKSHIRE BROOKS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To build the trout a crystal stair
Last Line: And whisper sorrow into sleep!
Subject(s): Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts; Brooks; Streams; Creeks


TO BUILD the trout a crystal stair;
To comb the hillsides' thick green hair;
To water jewel-weed and rushes;
To teach first notes to baby thrushes;
To flavor raspberry and apple
And make a whirling pool to dapple
With scattered gold of late October;
To urge wise laughter on the sober
And lend a dream to those who laugh;
To chant the beetle's epitaph;
To mirror the blue dragonfly,
Frail airplane of a slender sky;
Over the stones to lull and leap
Herding the bubbles like white sheep;
The claims of worry to deny,
And whisper sorrow into sleep!





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