. Songs of the shining way . d in one,And the petals, wide apart,Showed a sun within its the rushes tall and free,Like a forest seemed to me,With the rice-trees waving the silence! Not a sound!Very still the lilies layIn the golden summer day. Sudden, from the wide blue sky,Whirred a monster , all alone he came,Armor polished to a flameOn his body, and his wings,Gauzy, wondrous, shining things,Seemed to catch the waters blue,And the yellow sunbeams, a hermit, and the spotWe had found, it seems, was not All our own, for here he livesOn the sweet the

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. Songs of the shining way . d in one,And the petals, wide apart,Showed a sun within its the rushes tall and free,Like a forest seemed to me,With the rice-trees waving the silence! Not a sound!Very still the lilies layIn the golden summer day. Sudden, from the wide blue sky,Whirred a monster , all alone he came,Armor polished to a flameOn his body, and his wings,Gauzy, wondrous, shining things,Seemed to catch the waters blue,And the yellow sunbeams, a hermit, and the spotWe had found, it seems, was not All our own, for here he livesOn the sweet the iris gives,And each day he sallies forth,East and west and south and north,Tilting like a tourney knight,Putting all his foes to flight. Never dares a grasshopperOr a cricket there to stir,While the water-bugs at play,When they see him, scud his duty is to keepSentry, while the lilies that every harmful thing,Bats that bite, and gnats that sting,Crawling worm and robber beeFrom his shining lance must 39

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