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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE WOOD SONGS: 3. CHORALE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poet's Biography
First Line: The branches of the sky bend grandly in the night wind
Last Line: And splendor endures, and the glory of stars is forever.
Subject(s): Night; Stars; Wind; Bedtime
First Line: The branches of the sky bend grandly in the night wind
Last Line: And splendor endures, and the glory of stars is forever.
Subject(s): Night; Stars; Wind; Bedtime
The branches of the sky bend grandly in the night wind,
The autumn pouring bows them and the stars
Through the tumultuous leaves glint and are hidden.
A thousand oceans rustle in the branches
As the boughs sway, as the heaving tangle glistens.
What is the earth and the sons of earth and the hearts of them?
They hear the night, the surging of the darkness,
They see for a moment the gusty wild starlight,
Then starlight no more and only the rustling of grass.
But beautiful in the infinite darkness the boughs still bend,
And splendor endures, and the glory of stars is forever.
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