Chapter 36

“Hark! Hark!”

“Hark! Hark!”

No sight of it, only the song,Hours long;Hidden in the sun, yet near—See, see the tiny trilling dot appear,To disappear!As if a pranking star had lowered itBy a threadOver the listener’s head,(Scarce swinging),And thenHad pulled it up again,Up, up, to the impenetrable blue,And through—Still singing!

No sight of it, only the song,Hours long;Hidden in the sun, yet near—See, see the tiny trilling dot appear,To disappear!As if a pranking star had lowered itBy a threadOver the listener’s head,(Scarce swinging),And thenHad pulled it up again,Up, up, to the impenetrable blue,And through—Still singing!

No sight of it, only the song,Hours long;Hidden in the sun, yet near—See, see the tiny trilling dot appear,To disappear!

No sight of it, only the song,

Hours long;

Hidden in the sun, yet near—

See, see the tiny trilling dot appear,

To disappear!

As if a pranking star had lowered itBy a threadOver the listener’s head,(Scarce swinging),And thenHad pulled it up again,Up, up, to the impenetrable blue,And through—Still singing!

As if a pranking star had lowered it

By a thread

Over the listener’s head,

(Scarce swinging),

And then

Had pulled it up again,

Up, up, to the impenetrable blue,

And through—

Still singing!


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