Glen

Ricketts_Glen_State_Park_Erie_Falls_5Glen (n) – a narrow valley

definition from Merriam Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glen)

From Beloved by Toni Morrison (page 95)

“When the busy day is done

And my weary little one

Rocketh gently to and fro;

When the night winds softly blow,

And the crickets in the glen

Chirp and chirp and chirp again; …”

Amy was singing her mother’s song. The lyrics describe a night when winds softly blow and the crickets in the small valley chirp.

 

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