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Birch And Paddle |
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Title: Birch And Paddle Author: Charles G. D. Roberts [More Titles by Roberts] TO BLISS CARMAN.
Athrough the noonday blue Or floating, hushed, at eve, What tonic days were they Where rivers brown and strong Break into angry parle Subside, and like a snake We've paddled furtively, Have stolen, and held our breath, Have left with wing unstirred And hardly caused a care For love of his clear pipe Have chased in wilful mood Have spied the antlered moose And watched him till betrayed Quitting the bodeful shades And dropping craft and heed Where the mad rapids chafe With sinew tense, nerve keen, With spirit wild as theirs, And then, with souls grown clear With influences serene We've idled down the breast And marked the winds, the birds, Into a drowsy tune So, Friend, with ears and eyes Have opened with their kiss, A little space for dreams 'Mid task and toil, a space [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |