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A SONG by ALLAN DAVIS

First Line: THE WATER-THRUSHES PLAY
Last Line: SHINING LIKE A ROSE.)
Subject(s): CRANES (BIRDS); SINGING & SINGERS; SWAMPS; SONGS; BOGS; FENS; MARSHES;

I

The water-thrushes play
Where dogwood blossoms veil
The bridal banks with loveliness;
And white moths softly sail.
@3(In valleys when the noon
Drowns all other light,
I see the face of her I love
Like the moon at night.)@1

II

The long crane pinions home
Against the bluing sky,
And little hills put twilight on
While the wood-songs die.
@3(On upland fields when night
Drops like a cloud of crows,
I see the face of her I love
Shining like a rose.)@1



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