I stood amid the impassioned tumult
of rivers met and joined
in foam and roar
heading west, acquiring;
each lending its force to rush
downhill, to fulfill the course of its first collecting
Off, here and there small rivulet’s cast about to find their way
I watch beneath the breast-white moon
that reflects the greater light
yet in glory all its own
The stars draw their zodiac
and men cast their course
this midnight sky draws all thoughts
from earth to the celestial and bright unending, revealed
these many lights and small
one endless canvas illuminates the earth before the day
they demonstrate the sapphire thrown
these marvels all, float on
flow in joy, to meet
a calmer canopy, where storms shall cease
a purer sea, where all is peace
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