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Madonna With Two Angels

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Under the sky without a stain     The long, ripe, rippling of the grain;     Light, broadcast from the golden oats     Over the blackberry fences floats.     Madonna sits in a cedar chair     Tranquillized by the warm, still air;     One of the angels asleep on her knee     Under the shade of an apple tree.     The other angel holds a doll,     Covered warm in a tiny shawl;     The toy is supposed to be fast asleep     As the sister angel: in dimples deep     The grave, sweet charm on the baby face     Repeats the look of maturer grace     That hovers about Madonna's eyes,     One of the heavenly mysteries     From far ethereal latitudes     Where neither doubt nor trouble intrudes.     Ponder here in the orchard nest     On the truth of life made manifest:     The struggle and effort was all to prove     That the best of the world is home and love.

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