Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GIFTS OF PEACE, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.


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THE GIFTS OF PEACE, by                    
First Line: All day long the wind in the bending branches
Last Line: A benediction.
Subject(s): Peace


All day long the wind in the bending branches
Softly croons a chant for the silent sleepers,
Through the hours the birds in unceasing rapture
Echo the wind-song.

Tossing branches caught by the spars of sun-glow,
Framing bits of blue with their leafy meshes,
And upon the winds from the pine-tree's censer
Attars unloosened.

Far away the valley lies in a day-dream,
Warm and golden, swept by the clouds' swift shadows,
While the grasses like distant ocean billows
Drift in the sunshine.

Here is peace and loveliness ever mingled:
Organ music of winds and birds and branches,
And a brooding Presence that makes each moment
A benediction.





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