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[For the Song's sake; even so]
For
the Song's sake; even so:
Humor it, and let it go
All untamed and wild of wing—
Leave it ever truanting.
Humor it, and let it go
All untamed and wild of wing—
Leave it ever truanting.
Be its flight elusive!—Lo,
For the Song's sake—even so.—
Yield it but an ear as kind
As thou perkest to the wind.
For the Song's sake—even so.—
Yield it but an ear as kind
As thou perkest to the wind.
Who will name us what the seas
Have sung on for centuries?
For the Song's sake! Even so—
Sing, O Seas! and Breezes, blow!
Have sung on for centuries?
For the Song's sake! Even so—
Sing, O Seas! and Breezes, blow!
Sing! or Wave or Wind or Bird—
Sing! nor ever afterward
Clear thy meaning to us—No!—
For the Song's sake. Even so.
Sing! nor ever afterward
Clear thy meaning to us—No!—
For the Song's sake. Even so.
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