The Cloud Kingdom
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Then from the meadows screamed a hare, A scream that rent the heart, and when I vainly sought some help to bear, The ghost-like silence closed again.
A fox lurched past and from his jaw Fluttered the feathers of his prey ; An owl swooped by and in his claw Carried the quivering mouse away.
159 THE LAPWING And now, it seemed, that not alone I walked, but heard amid the rain A crowd of footsteps, and a moan, A thin continuous note of pain.
" My God ! " I cried, " Is this thy night ? I would that ...I were deaf and blind ! Oh, for the City's friendly light, The pleasant ways of human kind ! " And as I spoke, I crowned the hill ; A gaunt storm-stricken oak was there, And lo ! at once I had my will, And saw the City all aglare.
The lapwings' plaintive cry was gone ; The terrors of the night were o'er ; The phantoms vanished ; I had won The fellowship of man once more.
160 And when the morning dawned there rose a crowd of Lapwings to the sky L THE LAPWING Amid the night the City glowed ; I had strange power to hear and see The brimming tide of life that flowed, The wild desire to live, to be !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Then from the meadows screamed a hare, A scream that rent the heart, and when I vainly sought some help to bear, The ghost-like silence closed again.
A fox lurched past and from his jaw Fluttered the feathers of his prey ; An owl swooped by and in his claw Carried the quivering mouse away.
159 THE LAPWING And now, it seemed, that not alone I walked, but heard amid the rain A crowd of footsteps, and a moan, A thin continuous note of pain.
" My God ! " I cried, " Is this thy night ? I would that ...I were deaf and blind ! Oh, for the City's friendly light, The pleasant ways of human kind ! " And as I spoke, I crowned the hill ; A gaunt storm-stricken oak was there, And lo ! at once I had my will, And saw the City all aglare.
The lapwings' plaintive cry was gone ; The terrors of the night were o'er ; The phantoms vanished ; I had won The fellowship of man once more.
160 And when the morning dawned there rose a crowd of Lapwings to the sky L THE LAPWING Amid the night the City glowed ; I had strange power to hear and see The brimming tide of life that flowed, The wild desire to live, to be !
What to read after The Cloud Kingdom?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by I Henry Wallis to read onlineMoreLess
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