There is a rumour and a radiance of wings above
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n intolerable radiance of wings. ... All the earth grows fire,White lips of desireBrushing cool on the forehead, croon slumbrousthings.Earth fades; and the air is thrilled with ways,25 Dewy paths full of comfort. And radiant bands, The gracious presence of friendly hands, Help the blind one, the glad one, who stumbles andstrays, Stretching wavering hands, up, up, through thepraise Of a myriad silver trumpets, through cries, To all glory, to all gladness, to the infinite height, To the gracious, the unmoving, the mother eyes, And the laughter, and the lips, of light. 26
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