A Cento by Beverly Stock.
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God doth take each day-
Each sun-filled and radiant night
And drop it on the earth and say:
“Here is heaven’s beauty and delight.” (1)
The sun beams down; the weedy ground
Vibrates with many an insect sound
An old road, clouding pale the heat
Behind a slow hoof’s muffled beat. (2)
The solemn light behind the barns,
The rising moon, the cricket’s call,
The August night, you and I-
What is the meaning of it all? (3)
(1) August by Jean Blewett (stanza one, paraphrased)
(2) A Summer Day, a 36 line poem by Madison Julius Cawein (four lines used in stanza two)
(3) August Moonlight by Richard Le Gallienne ( first of five stanzas)
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