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Looking​-​glass River

from I Have a Little Shadow by Steve Klaper, Caitlin M.G. Klaper

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Looking‑Glass River
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Smooth it glides upon its travel,
Here a wimple, there a gleam
O the clean gravel
O the smooth stream;

Sailing blossoms, silver fishes,
Paven pools as clear as air­
How a child wishes
To live down there.

We can see our coloured faces
Floating on the shaken pool
Down in cool places,
Dim and very cool;

Till a wind or water wrinkle,
Dipping marten, plumping trout,
Spreads in a twinkle
And blots all out.

See the rings pursue each other;
All below grows black as night,
Just as if mother
Had blown out the light;

Patience, children, just a minute­
See the spreading circles die;
The stream and all in it
Will clear by‑and‑by.

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from I Have a Little Shadow, released November 1, 2004
Art by Anne Costello

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Hazzan-Maggid Steve Klaper Oak Park, Michigan

Hazzan Steve Klaper is a Jewish troubadour -- a spiritual storyteller, minstrel and teacher. An ordained Cantor, Maggid and teacher of Torah, Steve draws upon his Orthodox Jewish roots and over 40 years experience as a professional musician, infusing traditional Jewish teachings with melodies, sacred tales and wisdom from a variety of traditions -- ancient teachings that feel somehow familiar. ... more

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