Historical & Legendary Ballads & Songs By Walter Thornbury. Illustrated by J. Whistler, F. Walker, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, W. Small, F. Sandys, G. J. Pinwell, T. Morten, M. J. Lawless, and many others |
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The Birth of Song.
Song rises in the poet's heart
As the bubbles do in wine;
Born of the sweetness and the strength
That prove the draught divine.
As the bubbles do in wine;
Born of the sweetness and the strength
That prove the draught divine.
As sudden as the meadow-flowers
Leap forth in early May;
As swift as lark in morn of June
Springs up to greet the day;—
Leap forth in early May;
As swift as lark in morn of June
Springs up to greet the day;—
As sudden as 'mid Summer shower
The rainbow has its birth;
As rapid as the crystal fount
Upstarteth from the earth;—
The rainbow has its birth;
As rapid as the crystal fount
Upstarteth from the earth;—
The flower may die, the rainbow fade,
The echo pass away,
But still a thought of beauty past
Within some mind will stay.
The echo pass away,
But still a thought of beauty past
Within some mind will stay.
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