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John Clare - Song`s Eternity
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What is song`s eternity?
Come and see.
Can it noise and bustle be?
Come and see.
Praises sung or praises said
Can it be?
Wait awhile and these are dead - 
Sigh, sigh;
Be they high or lowly bred
They die.

What is song`s eternity?
Come and see.
Melodies of earth and sky,
Here they be.
Song once sung to Adam`s ears
Can it be?
Ballads of six thousand years
Thrive, thrive;
Songs awaken with the spheres
Alive.

Mighty songs that miss decay,
What are they?
Crowds and cities pass away
Like a day.
Books are out and books are read;
What are they?
Years will lay them with the dead - 
Sigh, sigh;
Trifles unto nothing wed,
They die.

Dreamers, mark the honey bee;
Mark the tree
Where the blue cap "tootle tee"
Sings a glee
Sung to Adam and to Eve - 
Here they be.
When floods covered every bough,
Noah`s ark
Heard that ballad singing now;
Hark, hark,

"Tootle tootle tootle tee" - 
Can it be
Pride and fame must shadows be?
Come and see - 
Every season owns her own;
Bird and bee
Sing creation`s music on;
Nature`s glee
Is in every mood and tone
Eternity.
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