SOFT, LOW AND SWEET
Soft, low and sweet, the blackbird wakes the day,
And clearer pipes, as rosier grows the gray
Of the wide sky, far, far into whose deep
The rath lark soars, and scatters down the steep
His runnel song, that skyey roundelay.
And clearer pipes, as rosier grows the gray
Of the wide sky, far, far into whose deep
The rath lark soars, and scatters down the steep
His runnel song, that skyey roundelay.
Earth with a sigh awakes; and tremors play,
Coy in her leafy trees, and falt’ring creep
Across the daisy lawn and whisper, “Well-a-day,”
Soft, low and sweet,
Coy in her leafy trees, and falt’ring creep
Across the daisy lawn and whisper, “Well-a-day,”
Soft, low and sweet,
From violet-banks the scent-clouds float away
And spread around their fragance, as of sleep:
From ev’ry mossy nook the blossoms peep;
From ev’ry blossom comes one little ray
That makes the world-wealth one with Spring, alway
Soft, low and sweet.
And spread around their fragance, as of sleep:
From ev’ry mossy nook the blossoms peep;
From ev’ry blossom comes one little ray
That makes the world-wealth one with Spring, alway
Soft, low and sweet.
MAUI VICTOR
Unhewn in quarry lay the Parian stone,
Ere hands, god-guided, of Praxiteles
Ere hands, god-guided, of Praxiteles
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