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The Waking

from The Heart of a Miller by Dale Zola

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.

Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.

This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.

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from The Heart of a Miller, released May 13, 2015
Words by Theodore Roethke
Music by Dale Zola

Guitar: Stephen Bell
Violin: Darren Davison
Vocals: Dale Zola

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Dale Zola Oakland, California

Dale Zola, MA Music, has been teaching singing and leading singing groups for the past thirty five years. Her approach with students and singing group members is respectful, supportive and clear.

Dale is also a singer/songwriter and has produced two CD’s of her songs, The Heart of a Miller and The Breeze at Dawn: Poems of Rumi in Song. ... more

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