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THE BIRDS OF WESTLAND |
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder | ||
THE BIRDS OF WESTLAND
PRINCETON, JUNE, 1908
O birds of Westland, singing on
As blithely as of yore!
Do ye not know how deep he sleeps
Behind you closèd door?
As blithely as of yore!
Do ye not know how deep he sleeps
Behind you closèd door?
Do ye not know that he who hailed
Your music, dawn by dawn,
Hath, since he harkened yesterday,
From hearing been withdrawn?
Your music, dawn by dawn,
Hath, since he harkened yesterday,
From hearing been withdrawn?
O happy birds! I think ye know
He loved your joyful song,
And therefore in the growing light
Ye carol loud and long.
He loved your joyful song,
And therefore in the growing light
Ye carol loud and long.
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O birds! ye know he would not wish
To hush that singing sweet,
Tho' since he heard your music last
That great heart ceased to beat.
To hush that singing sweet,
Tho' since he heard your music last
That great heart ceased to beat.
The Poems of Richard Watson Gilder | ||