Autumn Evenings

Night

by Adelaid Crapsey

I have minded me

Of the noon-day brightness.

And the cricket’s drowsy

Singing in the sunshine…

I have minded me 

of the slim marsh grasses

That the winds at twilight, 

Dying, scarcely ripple...

And I cannot sleep.

I have minded me 

of a lily-pond,

Where the waters sway

All the moonlit leaves

And long curled stems...

And I cannot sleep.

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A Bright and Early Morning

"Early one morning, just as the sun was rising
I heard a maid sing in the valley below" 

~English folk song~

It's early and bright on this beautiful morning.  It's difficult to think there are times of the year when at this same time of morning, I'll be sitting in darkness for hours still, waiting for the sun to come up.  I like to be up early, getting some exercise, reading and praying, or just watching and waiting for the rest of the world wake up.  I enjoy the calm and the private moment with nature.  I'm more than an observer at this time, I'm part of it.  I'm out with all the other creatures, a little less hurried perhaps, but I belong to that world, I am in harmony with it as much as they. 

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