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Earth Mother

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"The Path on the Rainbow", edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918],

Earth-mother

O,
ho, yo,

O, ho, yo,

To thee, my life,

To thee, my wife,

To thee, my mother--

Who are these the many-feeding?

Heaps of horns,

Hills of fur--

To thee, I come to partake of food,

My mother,

O, ho--

So say'th the spring,

So say'th the wing,

So say'th my mother--

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Thus, it was I heard the feet beat--

My ear down,

On the ground--

Yea, I put my lips to thee and drank song,

My mother,

O, ho--

So cries the tree,

So cries the sea,

So cries my mother--

There, the word was overheard,

By the cactus

Standing lone--

Yea, by the cypress thou wilt teach me,

My mother,

O, ho--

So walks the light,

So walks the night,

So walks my mother--

Even unto the long black shadows,

Goeth the frail thing,

Evening star--

Whither thou goeth and thy smile go I,

My mother.

O, ho--

So broods the dark,

So broods the bark,

So broods my mother--

Beneath the bark-blanket were the little men--

The six-legged,

Painted black and red--

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Unto thee will I hide me to sleep,

My mother,

O, ho--

To thee, O breath,

To thee, O death,

To thee, my mother--

I
saw it, yea in a dream, I saw it--

My soul

Arise from sleep--

In the morning, thou wilt call me,

My mother.

O, ho, yo,

O, ho, yo,

To thee, O--

Yo.

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