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From Last Songs (1918)
A burst of sudden wings at dawn,
Faint voices in a dreamy noon,
Evenings of mist and murmurings,
And nights with rainbows of the moon.
And through these things a wood-way dim,
And waters dim, and slow sheep seen
On uphill paths that wind away
Through summer sounds and harvest green.
This is a song a robin sang
This morning on a broken tree,
It was about the little fields
That call across the world to me.
Codex Note
A burst of wings at dawn, faint voices at noon, evenings of mist and nights with rainbows of the moon. Dated Belgium, July 1917, it is one of his last poems.
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MLA
Ledwidge, Francis. “Home.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/58/.
Chicago
Ledwidge, Francis. “Home.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/58/.
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