PRAIRIE WATERS BY NIGHT

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Chatter of birds two by two raises a night song joining a litany
           of running water-sheer waters showing the russet of old stones
           remembering many rains.

And the long willows drowse on the shoulders of the running water,
           and sleep from much music; joined songs of day-end, feathery
           throats and stony waters, in a choir chanting new psalms.

It is too much for the long willows when low laughter of a red moon
           comes down; and the willows drowse and sleep on the shoulders
           of the running water.

1918

© Carl Sandburg
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The Sun Is but a Morning Star. Anthology of American Literature. Edited by Albena Bakratcheva. Varna: LiterNet, 2008-2010.