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OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 9. NATURE'S CALMNESS by ARTHUR W. UPSON

First Line: ALL THINGS SEEM ORDERED SWEETLY IN THE CALM
Last Line: A NOSTRIL TO THE BREEZE-BESTOWèD BALM.
Subject(s): NATURE; OXFORD, ENGLAND;

ALL things seem ordered sweetly in the calm,
Full measure of the even-marching years.
This elm I love hath never fought with fears
And sickening heartbreak; but the steady psalm
Of one who trusts not vainly issues from
His quiet depth — such psalm as lifts and cheers
Each tiny stalk or tender blade that rears
A nostril to the breeze-bestowèd balm.



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