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Sanctuary
Sunshine House Sonnets
by
Bliss Carman
Illustrations
by Whitman Bailey
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THE
MAGIC MAKER
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Where
the old Danbury Turnpike branches off
From the Valley Road to cross our meadow stream,
There is a shallow where the river sings
Slipping under the bridge where willows lean
From crumbling banks. There on a spell-bound day,
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Through
the blue hazy doorway of the hills
October with her mystic pomp comes by.
As children watch a painter at his work
In awe until they win his slow regard,
The smile of those who dream and understand,
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We linger
on entranced by glowing earth,
The splendor of the blazoned woods all still,
The pattern of the everlasting hours. . . .
The lone Designer of Indian Summer smiles.
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