Children of the night : a book of poems / Edwin Arlington Robinson [electronic text]
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Children of the night : a book of poems / Edwin Arlington Robinson [electronic text]
Author
Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
1905
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THE TORRENT
I FOUND a torrent falling in a glenWhere the sun's light shone silvered and leaf-split;The boom, the foam, and the mad flash of itAll made a magic symphony; but whenI thought upon the coming of hard menTo cut those patriarchal trees away,And turn to gold the silver of that spray,I shuddered. Yet a gladness now and thenDid wake me to myself till I was gladIn earnest, and was welcoming the timeFor screaming saws to sound above the chimeOf idle waters, and for me to knowThe jealous visionings that I had hadWere steps to the great place where trees and torrents go.
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