The Whisper

A gentle, universal breath,

And everything that hears it grows.

At its command the river flows,

A blade of light, a glittering sheath-

Around the world the whisper goes,

What it is saying no one knows

Although it tells of life not death

And everything that hears it grows.

It takes the measures of its foes,

It makes a garland of a wreath-

Around the world the whisper goes,

It fills with hope the wind that blows

Across the desolated heath

And everything that hears it grows.

Above us all it still bestows

A blessing on what lies beneath.

Around the world the whisper goes,

And everything that hears it grows.

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