by James Stephens (1882 - 1950)

The hill is bare : I only find
Language: English 
The hill is bare : I only find 
The grass, the sky, and one small tree 
Tossing wildly on the wind ; 
And that is all there is to see : 
A tree, a hill, a wind, a sky 
Where nothing ever passes by. 

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-22
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