Idylls and Lyrics of The Nile By H. D. Rawnsley |
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| LVIII. | LVIII QUAILS AND THE VOCAL MEMNON |
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LVIII QUAILS AND THE VOCAL MEMNON
(THEBES)
Hark to the sound of it, piping so merrily,
Quavering chirrup and note of the bird,
Clear in the clover, all the plain over,
Just the same voice of the Spring that verily
Taia the beautiful queen once heard.
Quavering chirrup and note of the bird,
Clear in the clover, all the plain over,
Just the same voice of the Spring that verily
Taia the beautiful queen once heard.
Look at the flight of it, frolic and fluttering,
Speckle of breast and brown of the wing,
Each to his lover, that calls in the clover,
Just the same tale of his happiness uttering
Now, as when Amenoph great was the king.
Speckle of breast and brown of the wing,
Each to his lover, that calls in the clover,
Just the same tale of his happiness uttering
Now, as when Amenoph great was the king.
Sound of it, sight of it, flutter and flight of it!
Memnon no more makes his music at morn—
This little lover, ubiquitous rover,
Never has ceased from his song and delight of it,
Since in the valley was clover and corn.
Memnon no more makes his music at morn—
This little lover, ubiquitous rover,
Never has ceased from his song and delight of it,
Since in the valley was clover and corn.
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