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ENCHANTMENT by GEORGE H. DILLON

Poem Explanation

First Line: NO MAN CAN SAY WHAT SPELL WAS THRUST
Last Line: WITH EARTH THROUGH DARKNESS DISENCHANTED.
Subject(s): DREAMS; NIGHTMARES;
No man can say what spell was thrust
Into the dreamlessness of grass
To yield that holiday of dust
Where his few aimless footsteps pass.

He goes aware of winds and thunders,
And sets a roof against the sky,
Or walks the world in search of wonders,
Or stands to watch the stars rush by.

The noiseless sun makes sweet for him
The secret soil he plowed and planted
Where his forgotten fathers swim
With earth through darkness disenchanted.



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