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The Torch.

Part of the cluster AUTUMN RIVULETS.

THE TORCH.

ON my Northwest coast in the midst of the night a fishermen's  
 group stands watching, Out on the lake that expands before them, others are spearing  
 salmon, The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water, Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow.

Part of the cluster AUTUMN RIVULETS.

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