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THE LONG TRAIL: CALLING THE CHILDREN HOME by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL

First Line: SO THE LONG TRAIL SLEEPS. BUT FAST AND FAR
Last Line: MOTHER-MINE CALLING THE CHILDREN HOME!
Subject(s): PRAIRIES; ROADS; PLAINS; PATHS; TRAILS;

So the long trail sleeps. But fast and far
Reverberates "War!" and "War!" and "War!"
Rumours and reckonings and summons that come—
Mother-mine calling the children home!



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