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Rh VIII

The stars ere dawn are twisted out of place!

Something is working in my brain, my face!

Lion and ferret, muskrat, eagle, deer,

Penguin and seal, porpoise and wolf and whale,

And horse and cow, and dog with wagging tail,

Are circling round me, near and yet more near:

From jungles, canyons, oceans, trees, and skies,

From crags, from coves, from river reeds, they peer,—

Earth's Animals, with old familiar Eyes...

Whilst, ever since the hush of guns, I hear

Familiar invitations in their cries.