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YOUNG GIRL'S SONG
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Golden dawn is breaking
Over land and sea:
All the birds are waking:
Does my love love me?
Over land and sea:
All the birds are waking:
Does my love love me?
See, the morning's sweetness
At the window-pane!
Summer's full completeness
Has returned again.
At the window-pane!
Summer's full completeness
Has returned again.
In my heart all flowers
Seem to blossom now:
Bloom of woodbine-bowers;
Buds of apple-bough.
Seem to blossom now:
Bloom of woodbine-bowers;
Buds of apple-bough.
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Hardly can I fancy
What is most in bloom,—
Jasmine, purple pansy,
Rosebuds in the room,
What is most in bloom,—
Jasmine, purple pansy,
Rosebuds in the room,
Or my own young gladness
Bidding sorrow flee,
Sorrow, pain, and sadness,
Over leagues of sea;
Bidding sorrow flee,
Sorrow, pain, and sadness,
Over leagues of sea;
Bidding sorrow leave me
For the good God says
Nothing ought to grieve me
In these summer days;
For the good God says
Nothing ought to grieve me
In these summer days;
Nothing ought to sadden
Mine, a young girl's heart;
All hours ought to gladden;
All pangs to depart.
Mine, a young girl's heart;
All hours ought to gladden;
All pangs to depart.
There are wars and troubles
In the world, I know
—There are white foam-bubbles
On the stream below:
In the world, I know
—There are white foam-bubbles
On the stream below:
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Fierce and strong and rapid
Does its current gleam,
While the poplars vapid
Watch it in a dream.
Does its current gleam,
While the poplars vapid
Watch it in a dream.
But I see the blossoms
At the water's edge:
Lilies' golden bosoms,
Feathery bloom of sedge.
At the water's edge:
Lilies' golden bosoms,
Feathery bloom of sedge.
When the sun amazes
All the banks so green,
Then I count the daisies,
Tipped with crimson sheen.
All the banks so green,
Then I count the daisies,
Tipped with crimson sheen.
Gold-crest, wren, and linnet,
These I watch and love:
God sends every minute
Music from above.
These I watch and love:
God sends every minute
Music from above.
In the morning early,
Singing in the sky
'Mid the cloud-wreaths pearly,
Chants the lark on high.
Singing in the sky
'Mid the cloud-wreaths pearly,
Chants the lark on high.
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When the warm sun blanches
Midday with its heat,
In the beech-tree branches
Sings the throstle sweet.
Midday with its heat,
In the beech-tree branches
Sings the throstle sweet.
Then the blackbird whistles
From the holly-tree:
Tom-tits from the thistles
Chirp, and call to me.
From the holly-tree:
Tom-tits from the thistles
Chirp, and call to me.
On the river-border
Red-breasts cut a dash;
Stout knights of the Order
Of the crimson sash.
Red-breasts cut a dash;
Stout knights of the Order
Of the crimson sash.
Then the singer rarer,
While the moonrays gleam,
Makes the world a sharer
In her deathless dream.
While the moonrays gleam,
Makes the world a sharer
In her deathless dream.
So God sends me singers;
Till night's darkness deep
On the river lingers,
And the bird-choirs sleep.
Till night's darkness deep
On the river lingers,
And the bird-choirs sleep.
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Yet far sweeter fancies
Fill my heart at times;
Sweeter than romances
Of far Eastern climes.
Fill my heart at times;
Sweeter than romances
Of far Eastern climes.
Yes, I have a lover!
Does my love love me?
He's a sailor-rover,
Married to the sea.
Does my love love me?
He's a sailor-rover,
Married to the sea.
Yet I know he's faithful:
Though the waters blue
(Fierce perhaps, and wrathful?)
Bore him from my view.
Though the waters blue
(Fierce perhaps, and wrathful?)
Bore him from my view.
Wheresoe'er he wanders,
Nigh what alien shores,
Sure am I he ponders
On me, and adores.
Nigh what alien shores,
Sure am I he ponders
On me, and adores.
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Hourly from his pocket
Sure am I he takes
That small golden locket,
Clasped by silver snakes.
Sure am I he takes
That small golden locket,
Clasped by silver snakes.
Sure am I he gazes,
Wheresoe'er he be,
On three small dried daisies
In it...and on me!
Wheresoe'er he be,
On three small dried daisies
In it...and on me!
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III.
God has given me gladness:
I must pass it on.
I must banish sadness,
Not be glad alone.
I must pass it on.
I must banish sadness,
Not be glad alone.
See the sun, how proudly
He bends down to bless:
Calls the daisy loudly
To his strong caress!
He bends down to bless:
Calls the daisy loudly
To his strong caress!
All on God dependent
Pass his blessings on.
Is the sun resplendent?
He creates the moon.
Pass his blessings on.
Is the sun resplendent?
He creates the moon.
I must give my pleasure
To the world again.
Glad beyond all measure,
I must lessen pain.
To the world again.
Glad beyond all measure,
I must lessen pain.
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Hear me, Father, hear me!
Thou hast bent to bless:
Sent the sun to cheer me;
Sent the air's caress;
Thou hast bent to bless:
Sent the sun to cheer me;
Sent the air's caress;
Sent the rosebuds trailing
At the window-pane;
Sent these petals hailing,
Gold laburnum-rain;
At the window-pane;
Sent these petals hailing,
Gold laburnum-rain;
Sent the fragrant breathing
Of the fields in May,
Blossoms interwreathing,
Lilac-branch and spray;
Of the fields in May,
Blossoms interwreathing,
Lilac-branch and spray;
Sent the dark-green laurel,
Sentry at the gate;
Birds that chirp and quarrel
Lest they be too late,
Sentry at the gate;
Birds that chirp and quarrel
Lest they be too late,
To my window flying
For the bread-crumbs there—
Titmouse pert and prying,
Chaffinch debonair!
For the bread-crumbs there—
Titmouse pert and prying,
Chaffinch debonair!
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—Let me give the gladness
Thou hast given to me
To some soul in sadness,—
Change to ecstasy
Thou hast given to me
To some soul in sadness,—
Change to ecstasy
Sorrow of some laden
Weary heart and brain:
I, a laughing maiden,
I would solace pain.
Weary heart and brain:
I, a laughing maiden,
I would solace pain.
With my touch caressing
I would soothe the sad;
Fill man's life with blessing,
Make the whole world glad!
I would soothe the sad;
Fill man's life with blessing,
Make the whole world glad!
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