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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE TOUCH OF A BIRD, by LILLIAN IONE OLSEN
First Line: I sought adventure's path when twilight came
Last Line: A whistling bird had taught me brotherhood!
Subject(s): Birds; Whipporwills
First Line: I sought adventure's path when twilight came
Last Line: A whistling bird had taught me brotherhood!
Subject(s): Birds; Whipporwills
I sought adventure's path when twilight came,
And aspens cast their shadows down the trail.
I trod with care that I might never maim
A flower that strove to cling with grip so frail.
I heard the song of wind among the trees
Where fields of iris banked along the hill
Like armies -- robed in purple coats -- at ease,
Then through the dusk the call of whippoorwill.
Nostalgia -- sharp and gripping -- came to me,
With hopeless urge to share this wonderland,
But when, disconsolate, I turned to flee
A starling planed, and gently touched my hand!
A glory soft and radiant filled the wood,
A whistling bird had taught me brotherhood!
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