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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALNUT WOOD (CALIFORNIA), by H. O. WISE
First Line: The orchard spreads thick roof of green and dun
Last Line: The little winds swing censers where they stir.
Subject(s): Orchards
First Line: The orchard spreads thick roof of green and dun
Last Line: The little winds swing censers where they stir.
Subject(s): Orchards
The orchard spreads thick roof of green and dun,
Where shadow links to shadow in wide tether,
And only here and there a golden feather
Tells how the land outside is flayed with sun.
Round about all grey-pillared cloisters run,
Not dead, but quick, and growing all together
Through heat and cold, no matter what the weather:
This is a work still ended, still begun.
These sister branches interweave their arms
To bless their acres with a holy care;
They make these aisles a breathless place of prayer.
Here one should doff one's shoes. The silence charms.
Only at times a woodbird chants demur,
The little winds swing censers where they stir.
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