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WOODMYTH & FABLE 



VEERY AND SOLOMON'S 

 SEAL 



IE wise men say each growing thing in 

 nature has a sound: 

 But for our dullness, we might hear sweet music 



all around; 

 I mean not simply birds and rills, but trees, 



flowers, mosses, too, 

 Are making music exquisite as is their form and 



hue. 

 So when you see the lily's seal with all its 



chime of bells. 

 Think you how sweet must be the peal their little 



tinkle tells. 

 Our dull ears miss the strains, but here is one to 



make them reach us. 

 With finer ears and silver throat, the lily chime 



to teach us. 

 The Veery in the self-same shade translates the 



lily's ringing, 

 "Ah, 'weary, -weary, <weary rest" both thrush and 



bush are singing. ^^ 







