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| ill. The Home and School Reference Work. ed. H.M. Dixon 1917. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Eastern_Meadowlark.ogg |
The
house is still this morning; all asleep
Are
those within, as quiet sunbeams drift
Through
open windows, from the far-off deep
Of
space, still shining. Leafy branches
sift
The
golden travelers, which run in streams
Between
to reach the house, where on the floor
They
lie, and shifting still in changeful gleams,
Together
seem alive.
The
open door
Invites
the symphony of wind and light
And
meadowlarks to enter and to fill
This
habitation. Wild, summer-bright,
The
music resonates with strength of will.
On
waves of glory, greater purpose breaks;
Creation
the most perfect sermon makes.
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| Morgenstunde, by Moritz von Schwind, 1858. |
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| Carolina Rose. Cornell U., 2012. |
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| photo by Alan Vernon, 2009. Western Meadowlark singing. |
