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OLD AMAZE by MAHLON LEONARD FISHER

First Line: MINE EYES ARE FILLED TODAY WITH OLD AMAZE
Last Line: THE SUN CAN FIND A LOVELY PLACE TO DIE.
Subject(s): NATURE;

Mine eyes are filled today with old amaze
At mountains, and at meadows deftly strewn
With bits of the gay jewelry of June
And of her splendid vesture; and, agaze,
I stand where Spring her bright brocade of days
Embroidered o'er, and listen to the flow
Of sudden runlets -- the faint blasts they blow,
Low, on their stony bugles, in still ways.
For wonders are at one, confederate yet:
Yea, where the wearied year came to a close,
An odor reminiscent of the rose;
And everywhere her seal has Summer set;
And, as of old, in the horizon-sky,
The sun can find a lovely place to die.






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