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SUNSHINE AND SILENCE by MARTHA HALE SHACKFORD

First Line: BACK TO BACK WITH THE STILL, OLD EARTH
Last Line: I -- IN MY SUNSHINE AND DOUBT?
Subject(s): WELLESLEY COLLEGE;

BACK to back with the still, old earth,
I lie in the sun and muse;
The wave of the grass, the call of the birds,
Not a sound, not a scent I lose.

But they, on the other side, lie still,
Nor feel that the sun is out;
With their endless rest what have I to do, --
I -- in my sunshine and doubt?



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