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JAPANESE NIGHT-SONG
The shadow of a heron's wing is on the water,
And the pines have drawn slim fingers
Across the moon.
And the pines have drawn slim fingers
Across the moon.
Hush—
Breathe lightly, wind in the plum-tree!
Scatter your dreams
Like petals over her heart.
Breathe lightly, wind in the plum-tree!
Scatter your dreams
Like petals over her heart.
The MeasureEllen Janson
"SHADOWY—UNDER MY WINDOW"
Shadowy—under my window—
Your low reed sobs
Its desert love-song to the remembering stars.
Shadowy—
All the night my breasts are lilies,
My lips are passion-flowers.
Your low reed sobs
Its desert love-song to the remembering stars.
Shadowy—
All the night my breasts are lilies,
My lips are passion-flowers.
At dawn
I remember how gray sands have heaped
Upon your grave,
Wind-blown—these thousand years.
I remember how gray sands have heaped
Upon your grave,
Wind-blown—these thousand years.
The MeasureEllen Janson
THE CREATION
(A Negro Sermon)
And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."
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