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--
p. 197
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--
p. 198
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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