POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

The poems of Earth are lived,Not scratched with the dirty pen.They are writ in the sense of thingsAnd sung in the hearts of men.Sensuous strains of SpringPouring in silver flood,Summer’s golden delightWarming the waiting blood.Colour, and scent, and soundOf all the changing year:—These are the poems of EarthWhich every man must hear.Sorrow, and pain, and love,Joy, and fear, and regret:—These are the burning poemsThat all our hearts beget.These are the poems of EarthThat every man must pen:Which you and I make upAnd straight forget again.

The poems of Earth are lived,Not scratched with the dirty pen.They are writ in the sense of thingsAnd sung in the hearts of men.Sensuous strains of SpringPouring in silver flood,Summer’s golden delightWarming the waiting blood.Colour, and scent, and soundOf all the changing year:—These are the poems of EarthWhich every man must hear.Sorrow, and pain, and love,Joy, and fear, and regret:—These are the burning poemsThat all our hearts beget.These are the poems of EarthThat every man must pen:Which you and I make upAnd straight forget again.

The poems of Earth are lived,Not scratched with the dirty pen.They are writ in the sense of thingsAnd sung in the hearts of men.

The poems of Earth are lived,

Not scratched with the dirty pen.

They are writ in the sense of things

And sung in the hearts of men.

Sensuous strains of SpringPouring in silver flood,Summer’s golden delightWarming the waiting blood.

Sensuous strains of Spring

Pouring in silver flood,

Summer’s golden delight

Warming the waiting blood.

Colour, and scent, and soundOf all the changing year:—These are the poems of EarthWhich every man must hear.

Colour, and scent, and sound

Of all the changing year:—

These are the poems of Earth

Which every man must hear.

Sorrow, and pain, and love,Joy, and fear, and regret:—These are the burning poemsThat all our hearts beget.

Sorrow, and pain, and love,

Joy, and fear, and regret:—

These are the burning poems

That all our hearts beget.

These are the poems of EarthThat every man must pen:Which you and I make upAnd straight forget again.

These are the poems of Earth

That every man must pen:

Which you and I make up

And straight forget again.


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