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White dawn Stillness When the rippling began	A
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp I took it for sea wind coming to our valley with rumors	B
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp of salt of treeless horizons But the white fog	C
didn't stir the leaves of my brothers remained outstretched	D
unmoving	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp Yet the rippling drew nearer and then	E
my own outermost branches began to tingle almost as if	F
fire had been lit below them too close and their twig tips	G
were drying and curling	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Yet I was not afraid only	H
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp deeply alert	I
I was the first to see him for I grew	J
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp out on the pasture slope beyond the forest	K
He was a man it seemed the two	J
moving stems the short trunk the two	J
arm branches flexible each with five leafless	L
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp twigs at their ends	M
and the head that's crowned by brown or golden grass	N
bearing a face not like the beaked face of a bird	O
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp more like a flower's	N
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp He carried a burden made of	P
some cut branch bent while it was green	Q
strands of a vine tight stretched across it From this	N
when he touched it and from his voice	N
which unlike the wind's voice had no need of our	R
leaves and branches to complete its sound	S
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp came the ripple	T
But it was now no longer a ripple he had come near and	U
stopped in my first shadow it was a wave that bathed me	H
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp as if rain	V
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp rose from below and around me	H
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp instead of falling	C
And what I felt was no longer a dry tingling	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I seemed to be singing as he sang I seemed to know	W
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp what the lark knows all my sap	X
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp was mounting towards the sun that by now	Y
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp had risen the mist was rising the grass	N
was drying yet my roots felt music moisten them	Z
deep under earth	A2
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nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp He came still closer leaned on my trunk	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp the bark thrilled like a leaf still folded	B2
Music There was no twig of me not	C2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp trembling with joy and fear	D2
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Then as he sang	C
it was no longer sounds only that made the music	C
he spoke and as no tree listens I listened and language	E2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp came into my roots	N
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp out of the earth	A2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp into my bark	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp out of the air	F2
into the pores of my greenest shoots	N
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp gently as dew	J
and there was no word he sang but I knew its meaning	C
He told me of journeys	N
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp of where sun and moon go while we stand in dark	C
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp of an earth journey he dreamed he would take some day	G2
deeper than roots	N
He told of the dreams of man wars passions griefs	N
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and I a tree understood words ah it seemed	H2
my thick bark would split like a sapling's that	I2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp grew too fast in the spring	C
when a late frost wounds it	J2
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nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Fire he sang	C
that trees fear and I a tree rejoiced in its flames	N
New buds broke forth from me though it was full summer	R
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp As though his lyre now I knew its name	K2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp were both frost and fire its chords flamed	L2
up to the crown of me	H
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I was seed again	E
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I was fern in the swamp	M2
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I was coal	N2

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