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Слушать(AI)In The Fields
Lord when I look at lovely things which pass, Under old trees the shadow of young
Dancing to please the wind along the grass, Or the gold stillness of the August sun on the August sheaves;
Can I believe there is a heavenlier world than this? And if there
Will the heart of any everlasting thing Bring me these dreams that take my breath away?
They come at evening with the home-flying rooks and the scent of hay,
Over the fields.
They come in spring.
Charlotte Mary Mew
Charlotte Mary Mew (15 November 1869 – 24 March 1928) was an English poet whose work spans the eras of Victorian poetry and Modernism.
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