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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEMPLE IN THE TREES, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN
First Line: Like priests the shadows to and fro
Last Line: With song and sweetness lift their love.
Subject(s): Trees
First Line: Like priests the shadows to and fro
Last Line: With song and sweetness lift their love.
Subject(s): Trees
Like priests the shadows to and fro
In flowing raiment come and go;
The wild flowers bend in worship there,
And close their lovely eyes in prayer.
The silver mist like incense lifts,
And through the silence slowly drifts;
Then through the woods from feathered throats
A hymn of praise to Heaven floats.
There day by day, a happy throng,
The birds and flowers with prayer and song
Unite in worship, and above
With song and sweetness lift their love.
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