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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.
  
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.
  
MATER DOLOROSA.
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SONNETS FOR TWO PICTURES BY ROSSETTI.
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SONNETS ON THREE PAINTINGS BY BAZZI.
  
DURING MUSIC.
  
OUTLINES.
  
THE WATER-JOY.
  
THE CRESCENT MOON.
  
MORNING.
  
OUTLINES.
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AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES.
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MOONRISE SKETCHES.
  
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.
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TRANSCRIPTS FROM NATURE.
  
MADONNA NATURA.

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XI. THE SONG OF THE LARK.

High up in azure heaven
I sing a magic song,
And thrill the wild notes sweetly
In rapture loud and long.
O joy of azure heaven,
Of white clouds as they pass,
O joy of sweet flow'rs blooming
Down in the cool green grass.
O joy of winds that bear me—
O burst of song made free—
A fount of songtide spraying
In a purple sea!
O rapture of sweet music—
Too sweet, too glad, too dear—
What mystery, what wonder,
I see and hear!
O joy of perfect singing!
O joy of life made free!
O world-joy, springing, ringing,
Joy, joy, alone I see!
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