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THE MEETING by EDWARD JOSEPH HARRINGTON O'BRIEN

First Line: THREE FIR TREES CLIMBING AGAINST THE SKY
Last Line: KEPT IN MY HEART AN ETERNAL HOUR.

Three fir trees climbing against the sky,
A road that ran to the top of the world,
And a wind-drenched tumble of bending rye
To the flaming ramparts of morning hurled.

The waters hurrying down to the sea
Met the wind and the world in flower,
And wind and waters made one in me,
Kept in my heart an eternal hour.



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