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ASCENSION LILIES, by                    
First Line: The hours that come between the colored drift
Last Line: To glorify their lord on easter morn.
Subject(s): Ascension Day; Flowers; Lilies


The hours that come between the colored drift
Of leafage, purple, crimson and pale-gold;
The plaintive voices new-born lambs uplift,
Are locked within my spirit's inmost hold
As gracious love ensheathes the one adored,
Or wind-bound fugitives possess a cave
Until tranquillity has been restored,
And rending, howling, tempests cease to rave.

Capricious winds and fingered tines of rain
Transform the leaves from sparkling, racing foil;
And tiny streams that stripe my window-pane
Invigorate and slake the thirsty soil,
Which hastens pallid lilies to be born
To glorify their Lord on Easter morn.





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