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THE EMBERS SPEAK by THOMAS WALSH

First Line: I WAS THE ACORN THAT FELL
Last Line: AND THE DYING EMBER DIMS.
Subject(s): ACORNS; TREES;
I WAS the acorn that fell
From the autumn bough
In the warm earth to dwell;
I grew to a branch somehow
And I waved in the nightly storm
And sheltered the kine
When the hills were yellow and warm
With the noon divine
I too 'mid the sheathing moss
Felt the axe's blow
And fell with a thunderous loss
Of the stars I know
And the clouds that sift no more
Through my shattered limbs,
Save where the hearthstones roar
And the dying ember dims.



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