Am I the only child awake
Beneath thy midnight beams?
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Before a clock was in the tower,
Or e'er a watch was worn,
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I had no God but these,
The sacerdotal Trees,
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If thou, like Zacheus, wouldst see
Thy Lord and Master, climb the tree,
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Ring! The little Rabbits' eyes,
In the morning clear,
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"How beautiful your feathers be!"
The Redbird sang to the Tulip-tree,
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"Good morrow!" breathed the Blossom.
"Good morrow!" flushed the Dawn.
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Were you, little Monarch, crowned,
Under ground?
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The Summer Night remembers
The Morning Glories slain,
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Where closing water-lilies are
I've sometimes seen the Evening Star,
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We grow where none but God,
Life's Gardener,
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Periwinkle Magdalen,
Ever near the tomb,
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Behold, above the hidden root,
How white the bloom, how black the fruit!
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Had I no revelation but thy voice--
No word but thine--
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Here the silentest of things
Lowliest lies;
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O bird that seem'st in solitude
O'er tearful memories to brood,
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To creatures upon earth,
Our price one farthing worth:
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Together first they plan a nest,
And where and how to build it best,
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When Christ was taken from the rood,
One thorn upon the ground,
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From yonder wooded hill
I hear the Whip-poor-will,
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The little birds that hither bring
The earliest messages of Spring,
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Hush!
With sudden gush
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O world beneath the mother's wing,
Secure from harm,
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"Et ridebit in die novissimo"
When wrought of Joy and Innocence,
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In every seed to breathe the flower,
In every drop of dew
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He asked me bread--the bread whereby alone
The beggar Love could live:--
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I am that Tamerlane,
The Scourge of God;
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'T is in the twinkle of escape
That all our safety lies.
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Crow! For the night has thrice denied
The glory of the Sun,
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A little yellow Bird above,
A little yellow Flower below;
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