'Twell de othah Mastah thinks it's time to end it,
An' calls me to my qua'ters in de sky.
THE SECRET
What says the wind to the waving trees?
What says the wave to the river?
What means the sigh in the passing breeze?
Why do the rushes quiver?
Have you not heard the fainting cry
Of the flowers that said "Good-bye, good-bye"?
List how the gray dove moans and grieves