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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BUDDING OF THE ORCHARD, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! The budding of the orchard
Last Line: Are returning through the dusk.
Subject(s): Country Life; June; Orchards
First Line: Ah! The budding of the orchard
Last Line: Are returning through the dusk.
Subject(s): Country Life; June; Orchards
AH! the budding of the orchard
Is a heralding of June;
Of the woodlark's brighter bosom,
And the clearness of his tune.
Hid by thorny quick, the sparrow
Tends her sapphire eggs in peace
Till the voice of every oval
Sounds the chirping of release.
And the grass beside the river
Grows the long cool green of joy
For the man who hears it whisper
How he frolicked when a boy.
Ah! the budding of the orchard
Is a promise to my hope
Of again beholding twilight
Lose the lambs upon the slope.
I shall see the cowshed mosses,
And the milkmaid's freckled arms;
I shall hear the horse-bells tinkle,
And the cocks approve the farms.
And the evening air will bring me,
As it brings the soul of musk,
A belief that long-lost angels
Are returning through the dusk.
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