MY LADIES’ SONG.
Sing again, oh, lady mine. Your rare ditty of the Rhine ! Lovely visions rise and float On the wave of each full note; Silvery daybreaks brighten slow Sunsets blush on mountain show, Moonlight shivers on the sea. Autumn burns in bush and tree, And a charm lights everything— As I listen and you sing. Blowing willows bend and sig , Whispering rivers wander by, Through the pines sweep sea-tones soft, Sailing rooks shout loud aloft, Wild-fowl crooning cross the mere, Throstles in the dawn call clear, Vanished faces gleam and go, Silenced voices murmur low, Gentlest memories come and cling— As I listen and you Bing. Ah! repeat the music’s tale, Rove shall perish not, norfail ! I forget the fear of death. Breathe in thought immortal breath J I believe in broadening truth, In the generous creeds of youth. In consoling hope 3 that climb Up to some triumphal time, And a dream of splendour bring— As I listen and you sing. —Joseph Truman.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2712, 23 January 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)
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166MY LADIES’ SONG. Waipawa Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 2712, 23 January 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)
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