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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.
Next: Evening