. At early candle light and other poems. •^-;r,sa THE D7W WE SEINED THE DAN. HE day we seined the dam, thelightGleamed on the mullets goldenscales, When, arching in his arrowy flight,He cuffed the glinting jewels bright About the boy who held the brails,And lit the lake with shining scrolls Of radiant rings that roughed its calm,As heavenly raptures stir the souls Of saints,—the day we seined the dam. The day we seined the dam, the brim Held all the hamlets boisterous brood; Each tossed his tunic far from him, Waded knee-deep, sun-tanned and slim,And stood there unashamed and nude; The tamarac
. At early candle light and other poems. •^-;r,sa THE D7W WE SEINED THE DAN. HE day we seined the dam, thelightGleamed on the mullets goldenscales, When, arching in his arrowy flight,He cuffed the glinting jewels bright About the boy who held the brails,And lit the lake with shining scrolls Of radiant rings that roughed its calm,As heavenly raptures stir the souls Of saints,—the day we seined the dam. The day we seined the dam, the brim Held all the hamlets boisterous brood; Each tossed his tunic far from him, Waded knee-deep, sun-tanned and slim,And stood there unashamed and nude; The tamaracks shook when they laughed, And rhythmic strophes, like a psalm, 98 THE DAY WC SEINED THE DAH 99 Broke on the shore, as from the raft They dived—the day we seined the dam. The day we seined the dam, a bird Told but one tale from birchen boughsWherein the sleeping south wind stirred;And down rose-hidden aisles the herd Came tinkling to the brink to browse,And in tall reeds, all satisfied, They stood where billows shook the balmFrom lilies tilted on the tide That rolled
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