Poems, 1899-1902 / George Cabot Lodge [electronic text]

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Lodge, George Cabot, 1873-1909

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New York, N.Y.: Cameron, Blake & Company

1902

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VII.O murmur and passionate silence of to-night! Earth of sublime arrival!—Let there creep, Like music thro' the muffled gloom of sleep, Tremours of Life's imperishable might, Whether from airs that range the steep starred height Of heaven, or where the delicate dew is deep On grass and flowers, or where the bird-cries leap Loud down the pathways mute and bare with light. Fabric of night, O easeful rest, O airs Kissing Her cheek, O flowers that feel Her feet, O, Life, O earth's impetuous utterance!— We stand to-night the fit and faithful heirs To Life's inheritance,—the power, the sweet Strong motive, and the Soul's ecstatic trance! 