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A rich, delicious treasury of nature poems from around the world—from the pastoral beauty of ancient times to the modern era’s destruction of living things. The year 2011 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of New Directions, and what better way to celebrate than to dive into the... read more

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  • “But now look, look at the rainbow! See how its arms rise in holy prayer! Now it is time to sleep. Sleep will come sweeter with these pebbly drops Splattering on palm leaves, falling on brooks; Like a lute, and a voice singing, Like a lute--the rain, and the music of the rain.”
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Heaven conserve thy course in quietness, Solid thy unity, thy weal endless that all the crops increase and nothing lack in any common house.

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Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Country: America
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8112-1919-8
Page Count: 191

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