Nature-notes and impressions in prose and verse

Cawein, Madison Julius (1865-1914)

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[I have listened long unto the promises]

I have listened long unto the promises,
The confidences of the trees; and now,
Continuous with the trees, a stream expands,
Expounding all the woods' dim mysteries
In ripple rhymes sung softly to itself.

University of Virginia Library

[I have listened long unto the promises]