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First Line: The snips of scissors clamber up the air
Last Line: The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
Alternate Author Name(s): Roux, Paul Pierre; Roux, P0l


The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
Already the veil of mystery that on the ruddy flesh of life the phantoms of
the eve let down, already the veil of shade is cut across the country and the
town.
The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
Do you hear the gentle bell of God, with poking-stick of sound, delight in
courting the eyes, convolvuli, eyes crouched beneath the embers of the night?
The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
Rise then from the sleep where like dead men we sleep, rise up, sweetheart,
afresh; and adorn your dark window with berry and lily and peach of your flesh.
The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
Come out on the hill where the mills charter their flaxen sails, come out on
the hill where on high we can see flash forth from eternal coals the diamond
divine in the vast record of the sky.
The snips of scissors clamber up the air.
On the peak rendered fragrant with rosemary, lavender, thyme, we shall
partake, I the caress, you the flower, of the clear and sombre feast of the
hours on the dial where files the world's tomorrow; and we shall watch the smile
of the world pass by with its shadow of sorrow.
The snips of scissors clamber up the air.





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