[The Hidden Children by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Hidden Children CHAPTER XVIII 20/29
Listen, also, O Rosy-Throated Pigeon of the Woods--home from the unseen flight to mate at last!" He plucked four ghost-flowers, and cast the pale blossoms one by one to the four great winds. "O untainted winds that blow the Indian corn," he said, "winds of the wilderness, winds of the sounding skies--clean and pure as ye are, not one of you has blown the green and silken blankets loose from these, our Hidden Children, nestling unseen, untouched, unstained, close cradled in a green embrace.
Nor wind, nor rain, nor hail, not the fierce heat of many summers have revealed these Hidden Ones, stripped them of the folded verdure that conceals them still, each wrapped within the green leaves of the corn. "Continue to listen, winds of the sounding skies.
Let the Eight White-plumed Thunders listen.
An ensign of the Magic Clan bears witness under Tharon.
A Sagamore veils his face.
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