 | Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge |  |
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SHADOW-EVIDENCE.
I.
Swift o'er the sunny grass,I saw a shadow pass
With subtle charm;
So quick, so full of life,
With thrilling joy so rife,
I started lest, unknown,
My step—ere it was flown—
Had done it harm.
II.
Why look up to the blue?The bird was gone, I knew,
Far out of sight.
Steady and keen of wing,
The slight, impassioned thing,
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Had held its course alone
In silent flight.
III.
Dear little bird, and fleet.Flinging down at my feet
Shadow for song:
More sure am I of thee—
Unseen, unheard by me—
Than of some things felt and known,
And guarded as my own,
All my life long.
| Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge | |