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X. ONE GIRL'S LAUGHTER
All men desire,—to make their dower of joy completer
And their lives' songs ring out far clearlier yet and sweeter,—
Some one forbidden thing.
Some long for fame, and some for gold, and some for passion.
The linnet, if it could, would robe in peacock-fashion:
The peacock's bliss were perfect, could it sing!
And their lives' songs ring out far clearlier yet and sweeter,—
Some one forbidden thing.
Some long for fame, and some for gold, and some for passion.
The linnet, if it could, would robe in peacock-fashion:
The peacock's bliss were perfect, could it sing!
All things desire, and fail to win their satisfaction.
The man whose path is calm longs madly for fierce action
And some wild knightly quest.
The saint heeds nought on earth, but lives in the hereafter.—
And I feel that to hear one girl's clear lovely laughter
Would give my weary spirit eternal rest.
The man whose path is calm longs madly for fierce action
And some wild knightly quest.
The saint heeds nought on earth, but lives in the hereafter.—
And I feel that to hear one girl's clear lovely laughter
Would give my weary spirit eternal rest.
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