And the eyes of all look upward seeing sign-word drawing ni… - Nathalia Crane

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And the eyes of all look upward seeing sign-word drawing nigh, The stony wings of Egypt coming back across the sky; We hear the clinking tamborine of Miriam anew; We believe in every miracle since Lindbergh flew the blue — The wonder of the long draw when the bowstring is a thread — The beauty of a courage that can raise the wings of lead.

Nathalia Crane

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Nathalia Clara Ruth Crane (11 August 1913 – 22 October 1998) was a poet and novelist who became famous as a child prodigy after the publication of her first book of poetry at age 10. Her poetry was first published in The New York Sun when she was only 9 years old, the paper unaware that she was a child. She later became a professor of English at San Diego State University.

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Alternative Names: Nathalia Clara Ruth Crane

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Great is the rose That challenges the crypt, And quotes milleniums Against the grave.

The rose has told
In one simplicity
That never life
Relinquishes a bloom
But to bestow
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