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Forest Songs and Other Poems
By John Todhunter
Todhunter, John (1839-1916)
[dedication]
FOREST SONGS.
SONG-TIDE.
SONNETS.
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Forest Songs and Other Poems
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LONGING.
1
When
the sun flamed fiercely on me
Longed I for the rain,
When the rain beat cold upon me,
For the sun again.
2
All our life is but a longing,
Joy's but one sweet sigh,
All our life is but a longing,
Cease to long, we die.
Forest Songs and Other Poems