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CONCERT FOR EARTH by HELEN FERGUSON CAUKIN

First Line: SKY-STRUTTING TEMPEST WIELDS A WINDY LASH
Last Line: IN DYING, LOVELY, QUIVERING, MISTY NOTES.
Subject(s): EARTH; WORLD;
Sky-strutting Tempest wields a windy lash
For his baton, and twirls a swirling pile
Of clouds, for stage effect. The Sun's bright smile
Is muted. Lightning plays her brilliant flash.
The rumbling drums roar out! And cymbals crash!
The theme today is Rain: in major style,
It tunes Earth's ear to music for awhile
As, awed, she listens to this rhythmic plash.
The Rain notes fling out passionately, wild;
Subsiding, then, to fitful temperament:
Staccato dance, and moody discontent;
At last, to dripping cadence, calm and mild.
About the earth, now, tempest's music floats
In dying, lovely, quivering, misty notes.



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