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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FLORIDA AWAKENING, by LYNN RUSSELL
First Line: The pale-green candles on the pines
Last Line: The heavens fain would hold!
First Line: The pale-green candles on the pines
Last Line: The heavens fain would hold!
The pale-green candles on the pines
Look upward at the sky
As if to fathom the designs
Of powers from on high.
The honeysuckle vines swing out
To catch the perfumed breeze
And wind their tendrils all about
The chinaberry trees.
And everywhere I wander down
The highways, streets and lanes
I see the flutter of a gown
Along the widespread plains --
Once more I know that Spring is here,
Her dress of green and gold
For all the earth portrays the cheer
The heavens fain would hold!
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