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George MacDonald - Songs of the Summer DaysGeorge MacDonald - Songs of the Summer Days
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I. A glory on the chamber wall! A glory in the brain! Triumphant floods of glory fall On heath, and wold, and plain. Earth lieth still in hopeless bliss; She has, and seeks no more; Forgets that days come after this, Forgets the days before. Each ripple waves a flickering fire Of gladness, as it runs; They laugh and flash, and leap and spire, And toss ten thousand suns. But hark! low, in the world within, One sad aeolian tone: "Ah! shall we ever, ever win A summer of our own?" II. A morn of winds and swaying trees— Earth`s jubilance rushing out! The birds are fighting with the breeze; The waters heave about. White clouds are swept across the sky, Their shadows o`er the graves; Purpling the green, they float and fly Athwart the sunny waves. The long grass—an earth-rooted sea— Mimics the watery strife. To boat or horse? Wild motion we Shall find harmonious life. But whither? Roll and sweep and bend Suffice for Nature`s part; But motion to an endless end Is needful for our heart. III. The morn awakes like brooding dove, With outspread wings of gray; Her feathery clouds close in above, And roof a sober day. No motion in the deeps of air! No trembling in the leaves! A still contentment everywhere, That neither laughs nor grieves! A film of sheeted silver gray Shuts in the ocean`s hue; White-winged feluccas cleave their way In paths of gorgeous blue. Dream on, dream on, O dreamy day, Thy very clouds are dreams! Yon child is dreaming far away— He is not where he seems. IV. The lark is up, his faith is strong, He mounts the morning air; Lone voice of all the creature throng, He sings the morning prayer. Slow clouds from north and south appear, Black-based, with shining slope; In sullen forms their might they rear, And climb the vaulted cope. A lightning flash, a thunder boom!— Nor sun nor clouds are there; A single, all-pervading gloom Hangs in the heavy air. A weeping, wasting afternoon Weighs down the aspiring corn; Amber and red, the sunset soon Leads back to golden morn.
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