things too wonderful

three things are too wonderful for me; four things i can’t comprehend

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there are three things too wonderful for me;
four i cannot comprehend:
the scarlet flame of an autumn leaf,
the lumbering of a beetle through the grass,
the copper glow of the rising moon,
and the squirrel’s nest perching
on the very tip of a branch

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