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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEEP RIVERS, by AILEEN WARD
First Line: Deep rivers fascinate and hold my heart
Last Line: Seek only peace: a priceless benison. . . .
Subject(s): Rivers
First Line: Deep rivers fascinate and hold my heart
Last Line: Seek only peace: a priceless benison. . . .
Subject(s): Rivers
Deep rivers fascinate and hold my heart;
Deep rivers waken pity, joy, and tears;
I see them flowing on, aloof, apart,
Majestically, adown the endless years.
Yet I have heard them moaning in the night;
And I have heard the wind, with patient tone
Striving to ease the pain, and put to flight
An aching deeper than my heart has known.
Deep rivers are a calm affinity;
They know desires that only brave hearts know;
Proud mountains musing through eternity
Are not more constant than the river's flow.
Deep flowing rivers, when the day is done
Seek only peace: a priceless benison. . . .
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