Magnolia leaves / Mary Weston Fordham [electronic text]
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Magnolia leaves / Mary Weston Fordham [electronic text]
Author
Fordham, Mary Weston
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Tuskeegee, Ala.: Tuskeegee Institute
1897
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TO THE EAGLE.
Fain would I rival theeMonarch of birdsSoaring so loftilyUp to the clouds!Spreading thy pinionsAnd mounting on air,Ethereally floatingDivinely and fair.
Where is thy resting place?Where dost thou dwell?Is the mountain thy homeOr the stern rock thy cell?Dost thou live in the desert?Is the forest thy lair?O, where is thy resting place?Eagle, say where?
Always tending upwardMay this be my aim;Ne'er swerving from dutyOr shrinking from pain.
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'Tis thus would I rival theeMonarch of birds,When soaring loftilyUp to the clouds.
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