The Return
Early is the evening, Reluctant the dawn; Once there was summer; Sudden it was gone. It fell like a leaf, Whirled downstream. Was there ever summer, Or only a dream? Was ever a world That was not November? Once there was summer, And this I remember, Cornflowers and daisies, Buttercups and clover, Black-eyed Susans and Queen-Anne's lace, A wide green meadow, And bees booming over, And a little laughing girl with the wind in her face. Strident are the voices And hard lights shine; Feral are the faces; Is one of them mine? Something is lost now, Tarnished the gleam; Was there ever nobleness, Or only a dream? Yes, and it lingers, Lost not yet; Something remains Till this I forget Cornflowers and clover, Buttercups and daisies, Black-eyed Susans under blue and white skies And the grass waist high Where the red cow grazes, And a little laughing girl with faith in her eyes.
Ogden Nashamnoß…behold the lamb of God.
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