Wings
Was it worth while to forego our wingsTo gain these dextrous hands?Truly they fashion us wonderful thingsAs the fancy of man demands.But—to fly! to sail through the lucid airFrom crest to violet crestOf these great grey mountains, quartz-veined and bare,Where the white clouds gather and rest.Even to flutter from flower to flower,—To skim the tops of the trees,—In the roseate light of a sun-setting hourTo drift on a sea-going breeze.Ay, the hands have marvellous skillTo create us curious things,—Baubles, playthings, weapons to kill,—But—I would we had chosen wings!
Was it worth while to forego our wingsTo gain these dextrous hands?Truly they fashion us wonderful thingsAs the fancy of man demands.But—to fly! to sail through the lucid airFrom crest to violet crestOf these great grey mountains, quartz-veined and bare,Where the white clouds gather and rest.Even to flutter from flower to flower,—To skim the tops of the trees,—In the roseate light of a sun-setting hourTo drift on a sea-going breeze.Ay, the hands have marvellous skillTo create us curious things,—Baubles, playthings, weapons to kill,—But—I would we had chosen wings!
Was it worth while to forego our wingsTo gain these dextrous hands?Truly they fashion us wonderful thingsAs the fancy of man demands.
Was it worth while to forego our wings
To gain these dextrous hands?
Truly they fashion us wonderful things
As the fancy of man demands.
But—to fly! to sail through the lucid airFrom crest to violet crestOf these great grey mountains, quartz-veined and bare,Where the white clouds gather and rest.
But—to fly! to sail through the lucid air
From crest to violet crest
Of these great grey mountains, quartz-veined and bare,
Where the white clouds gather and rest.
Even to flutter from flower to flower,—To skim the tops of the trees,—In the roseate light of a sun-setting hourTo drift on a sea-going breeze.
Even to flutter from flower to flower,—
To skim the tops of the trees,—
In the roseate light of a sun-setting hour
To drift on a sea-going breeze.
Ay, the hands have marvellous skillTo create us curious things,—Baubles, playthings, weapons to kill,—But—I would we had chosen wings!
Ay, the hands have marvellous skill
To create us curious things,—
Baubles, playthings, weapons to kill,—
But—I would we had chosen wings!