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Earth's Voices

Transcripts from Nature, Sospitra, and Other Poems. By William Sharp
Sharp, William,1855-1905
  
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EARTH'S VOICES.
 I. 
I. HYMN OF THE FORESTS.
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II. THE HYMN OF RIVERS.
  
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THE NILE.
  
THE TIBER.
  
THE RHINE.
  
THE THAMES.
  
THE MISSISSIPPI.
  
THE AMAZON.
  
THE MURRAY.
  
THE GULF STREAM.
  
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 III. 
III. THE SONG OF STREAMS.
 IV. 
IV. THE SONG OF WATERFALLS.
 V. 
V. SONG OF THE DESERTS.
 VI. 
VI. SONG OF THE CORNFIELDS.
 VII. 
VII. SONGS OF THE WINDS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE SONG OF FLOWERS.
 IX. 
IX. THE WILD BEE.
 X. 
X. THE FIELD MOUSE.
 XI. 
XI. THE SONG OF THE LARK.
 XII. 
XII. THE SONG OF THE THRUSH.
 XIII. 
XIII. SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE RAIN SONGS.
 XV. 
XV. THE SNOW WHISPER.
 XVI. 
XVI. SIGH OF THE MISTS.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE RED STAG.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE HYMN OF THE EAGLE.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE CRY OF THE TIGER.
 XX. 
XX. THE CHANT OF THE LION.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE HYMN OF MOUNTAINS.
 XXII. 
XXII. THE OCEAN CHORUS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE HYMN OF SUMMER.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. THE HYMN OF AUTUMN.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE HYMN OF WINTER.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE HYMN OF SPRING.
  
SOSPITRA.
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TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.
 I. 
I. TROUTLING.
 II. 
II. THE WASP.
 III. 
III. IN A GARDEN.
 IV. 
IV. THE KINGFISHER.
 V. 
V. FIREFLIES.
 VI. 
VI. THE FIREFLY.
 VII. 
VII. TANGLED SUNRAYS.
 VIII. 
VIII. A RAIN-MIST ON LAKE LUGANO.
 IX. 
IX. MOUNT PILATUS.
 X. 
X. MUSIC AND MOONLIGHT.
 XI. 
XI. SIGNA.
 XII. 
XII. A BOULDER.
 XIII. 
XIII. SUNSET ON THE MAREMMA.
 XIV. 
XIV. A SIROCCO NOON: FROM SAN NICOLETTO.
 XV. 
XV. THE LAGUNA MORTA.
 XVI. 
XVI. A VENETIAN SUNSET: BEFORE A CHANGE.
 XVII. 
XVII. AN ‘IMPRESSION.’
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE SOUTH FORELAND.
 XIX. 
XIX. SEA-SHALLOWS.
 XX. 
XX. THE NINTH WAVE.
 XXI. 
XXI. THE CAVES OF STAFFA.
 XXII. 
XXII. LOCH CORUISK.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. THE AFTERGLOW.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. SUNSET AT THE AZORES.
 XXV. 
XXV. ON THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. EMPIRE.
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GASPARA STAMPA.
 I. 
I. At San Salvatore.
 II. 
II. At Titian's House in Venice.
 III. 
III. At Murano.
 IV. 
IV. The Last Journey.
  
MATER DOLOROSA.
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SONNETS FOR TWO PICTURES BY ROSSETTI.
 I. 
I. MNEMOSYNE.
 II. 
II. LA PIA.
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SONNETS ON THREE PAINTINGS BY BAZZI.
 I. 
I. THE ‘ST. SEBASTIAN’ OF THE UFFIZII.
 II. 
II. ‘CHRIST BEFORE THE SCOURGING.’
 III. 
III. ON THE NINETEENTH FRESCO OF THE ST. BENEDICT SERIES ON THE CLOISTER-WALLS OF THE MONASTERY OF MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE.
  
DURING MUSIC.
  
OUTLINES.
  
THE WATER-JOY.
  
THE CRESCENT MOON.
  
MORNING.
  
OUTLINES.
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AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES.
  
THE LAST ABORIGINAL.
  
IN THE RANGES.
  
NOON-SILENCE.
  
THE STOCK-DRIVER'S RIDE.
  
THE DEATH OF THE LUBRA.
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AUSTRALIAN TRANSCRIPTS.
 I. 
I. AN ORANGE GROVE.
 II. 
II. BLACK SWANS ON THE MURRAY LAGOONS.
 III. 
III. BREAKING BILLOWS AT SORRENTO.
 IV. 
IV. SHEA-OAK TREES ON A STORMY DAY.
 V. 
V. MID-NOON IN JANUARY.
 VI. 
VI. IN THE FERN.
 VII. 
VII. SUNSET AMID THE BUFFALO MOUNTAINS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE FLYING MOUSE.
 IX. 
IX. THE WOOD-SWALLOWS.
 X. 
X. THE BELL-BIRD.
 XI. 
XI. THE ROCK-LILY.
 XII. 
XII. THE FLAME-TREE.
  
MORNING IN THE BUSH.
  
JUSTICE.
  
THE COROBBOREE.
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MOONRISE SKETCHES.
 I. 
I. MOONRISE AT SEA.
 II. 
II. MOONRISE IN AUSTRALIA.
 III. 
III. MOONRISE FROM IONA, N.B.
 IV. 
IV. MOONRISE ON THE VENETIAN LAGOONS.
 V. 
V. MOONRISE ON THE ANTARCTIC.
  
THE SHADOWED SOULS.
  
SLEEPY HOLLOW.
  
BIRCHINGTON REVISITED.
  
JUNE'S ADVENT.
  
PHANTASY.
  
QUINCE BLOSSOMS.
  
MAY-DAY.
  
IN THE VAL MUGNONE.
  
IN MAREMMA.
  
A SUNSET.
  
ON THE CAMPAGNA.
  
FIREFLIES.
  
IN THE OLD PROTESTANT CEMETERY AT FLORENCE.
  
A RECORD.
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RAINBOW SKETCHES.
 I. 
I. THE RAINBOW.
 II. 
II. TOWARDS SUNSET.
 III. 
III. DRIFTING RAIN-LIGHTS.
 IV. 
IV. THE CIRCLE OF ULLOA.
 V. 
V. IN THE ANTARCTIC: AT DAYBREAK, BEFORE A STORM.
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TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.
 I. 
I. THE ROOKERY AT SUNRISE.
 II. 
II. ON A THAMES BACKWATER.
 III. 
III. OCTOBER WOODLANDS.
 IV. 
IV. THE PINK ACACIA.
 V. 
V. MOUNTAIN-HAZE.
 VI. 
VI. THE YELLOW POPPY.
 VII. 
VII. MAGNOLIAS.
 VIII. 
VIII. THE CORAL ISLE.
 IX. 
IX. GREEN SEAS.
 X. 
X. FROZEN RAINBOWS.
 XI. 
XI. SUMMER ICEBERGS.
 XII. 
XII. THE EVENING STAR.
 XIII. 
XIII. THE RUINED HILL-TOWER.
 XIV. 
XIV. AN AUTUMNAL EVENING.
 XV. 
XV. TRAVELLERS' JOY.
 XVI. 
XVI. A CRYSTAL FOREST.
 XVII. 
XVII. THE MOORS.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. THE DEAD STAG.
 XIX. 
XIX. THE HAUNT OF THE OSPREY.
 XX. 
XX. THE BLASTED PINE.
 XXI. 
XXI. SUMMER YELLOWS.
 XXII. 
XXII. AN AFTERGLOW AMID THE CUMBERLAND FELLS.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. A WINTER HEDGEROW.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. WILD SWANS.
 XXV. 
XXV. THE SALMON POOL.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE EAGLE.
  
MADONNA NATURA.

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IV. THE SONG OF WATERFALLS.

Like veils of mist
Adown the hills
We bend and twist
In a myriad rills,
And sway and quiver in the air with a thousand rainbow-thrills.
O'er crag and fell
We bound in glee,
Weaving our spray-spell
Mistily
About the sunlit mountain heights that flash like the flashing sea.
Past mountain-vales
And hill-tarns deep,
And pine-wood dales
Where the winds sleep,
We bend, we sway, we quiver with laughter loud, we spring, we sweep.
The winds at morn
Us break in spray;
But we laugh to scorn
Their fierce swift play—
What though they break us at day-dawn, we triumph throughout the long day!
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We fall and shiver,
Through pools we splash;
We flow like a river
And downward flash,
And loud is our tumult of laughter when over hill-ledges we crash
Deep down thro' the heart
Of a silent wood,
Where the roedeer start
And the wild doves brood,
Filling the quiet greenness there with echoes of hill-strains rude.
From the sun's birth
Till the stars creep
From the dark, our mirth
Doth never sleep,
But ever we bend, we sway, we quiver with joy, we spring, we sweep!
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