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FOREST COUPLETS by CLARENCE THOMAS URMY

First Line: BENEATH A REDWOOD LET ME LIE
Last Line: OF SOLACE, PEACE, AND CALM CONTENT.
Subject(s): CALM; FORESTS; PLACID; UNDISTURBED; TRANQUILITY; WOODS;
BENEATH a redwood let me lie
And all its harmonies untie:

Melodic sequences of spray
And bough and trunk in rich array;

Chromatic hue and tint and shade
Of beryl, emerald and jade;

Cadenzas, day-dreams that enfold
The @3padres,@1 argonauts and gold;

Soft passing notes, the tones that tell
Of poppy-field and mission bell;

With sea-wind cadences that blow
In dominant arpeggio,

Resolving into chords full blent
Of solace, peace, and calm content.



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