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    A Prelude
    A Prelude
    A Prelude
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    A Prelude

    By Francis Sherman

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      This is some content of " A Prelude"Watching the tremulous flicker of the greenAgainst the open quiet of the sky,I hear my ancient way-fellows conveneIn the great wood behind me. Where I lieThey may not see me; for the grasses growAs though no foot save June's had wandered by;Yet I, who am well-hidden, surely know,As I have waited them, they yearn for meTo lead them whither they are fain to go.

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    A Prelude - Francis Sherman

    A PRELUDE

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    Title: A Prelude

    Author: Francis Sherman

    Release Date: June 02, 2013 [EBook #39797]

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    A PRELUDE

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    A Prelude

    Watching the tremulous flicker of the green

    Against the open quiet of the sky,

    I hear my ancient way-fellows convene

    In the great wood behind me. Where I lie

    They may not see me; for the grasses grow

    As though no foot save June's had wandered by;

    Yet I, who am well-hidden, surely know,

    As I have waited them, they yearn for me

    To lead them whither they are fain to go.

    Weary as I, are they, O Time, of thee!

    Yea, we, who once were glad only of Spring,

    Gather about thy wall and would be free!

    With wounded feet we cease from wandering,

    And with vain hands beat idly at thy gate;

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