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JAPANESE NIGHT-SONG
The shadow of a heron's wing is on the water,And the pines have drawn slim fingersAcross the moon.
Hush—Breathe lightly, wind in the plum-tree!Scatter your dreamsLike petals over her heart.
The MeasureEllen Janson


"SHADOWY—UNDER MY WINDOW"
Shadowy—under my window—Your low reed sobsIts desert love-song to the remembering stars.Shadowy—All the night my breasts are lilies,My lips are passion-flowers.
At dawnI remember how gray sands have heapedUpon your grave,Wind-blown—these thousand years.
The MeasureEllen Janson


THE CREATION
(A Negro Sermon)
And God stepped out on space,And He looked around and said,"I'm lonely—I'll make me a world."

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