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INTERPRETED by CAROLINE GILTINAN

First Line: NOW I KNOW WHY IVY
Last Line: WHILE I LIE AGAINST YOUR BREAST.
Subject(s): LOVE;

Now I know why ivy
Climbs against the wall
Striving to be graceful,
Greener and more tall.

Now I see why swallows
Sweep across the sky
In their swift excitement,
Shrilling as they fly.

Now I hear all music says;
The stream's low murmuring.
Now I know why gardens grow
And birds forever sing.

All of earth and heaven,
God's grandeur, with the rest,
I glimpse in flashing worship
While I lie against your breast.



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