THE chant of the soul that sings
Of earth’s great comforting things:
I tell of the free blue spaces,
Of flow’rs, and the flashing wings
Of birds, and the murmurings
Of bees in the sunny places;
Of smiles and of kindly faces.
I sing of visions and dreams,
Their mystical hints and gleams;
The joy of a mind made brighter
By laughter and merry themes:
Of love and its golden schemes’,
The zest of the gallant fighter;
The ease of a load grown lighter.
Yet never a song so wise,
But something for ever flies.
The heart of a rose conceals it;
It flashes through seas and skies;
It lurks in the dreamer’s eyes;
The soul of the poet feels it,
And only grey Death reveals it.
(David Gow)
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