Alarm Clocks - Read by NF

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alarm Clocks by Joyce Kilmer Readfolibrivaux dot org. When dawn
strides out to wake a dewy farm, a cross green
fields and yellow hills of hay, the little twittering birds
laugh in his way and poise triumphant on his shining arm.

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He bears a sword of flame, but not to harm
the wakened life that feels his quickening sway and poniard
voices shrilling. It is day take by his grace a
new and alien charm. But in the city, like a
wondered thing that limbs to cover from the angry chase,

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he steals down streets where sickly arc light sing and
wanly mock his young and shameful face, and tiny gongs
with cruel fervor ring in many a high and dreary
sleeping place. And of this recording is in the public domain.