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A Feast of Lanterns, by L. Cranmer-Byng, [1916], at sacred-texts.com


p. 79

WEN T‘UNG

CIRCA A.D. 1100

MORNING

Sunbeams through twinkling pinewoods cast
Their shadows on my window screen.
A night of clouds and rain is past
And, newly blue and freshly green,
The Dawn rebuilds my world at last.
Pear-tree and plum-tree shed their burden sweet,
And children's happy voices rouse the street.


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