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THE POET TO THE CLOUD by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: SOFT WHITE CLOUD IN THE SKY
Last Line: SUCH MANNER OF LIFE AS THINE.
Subject(s): CLOUDS; GOD; HEAVEN; LIFE; PARADISE;
SOFT white cloud in the sky,
Wise are you in your day:
One side turned toward God on high,
One toward the world alway.
Soft white cloud, I too
Would bear me like to you.

So I might secrets learn
From heaven, and tell to men;
And so might their spirits beat and burn
To make it their country then.
Soft white cloud, make mine
Such manner of life as thine.



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