THE LOST SONGS
TltpM charming verses, <-•»!l.irl6«i "The. Lost Hones," appeared over thi? *niti'ols "!!.!/." in ;i recent number of the London "Xsllioil":— A.s I lay nut the-other night • Ujii'ii Ihe niountirin* high, All Hie Iwt soitK? of tlic ivorld. Came Ihrnhbini; (l)V0U2:li liie sky.. Some sehoolboy of the Anycl-folk At play by Heaven-town, )iiid found the ancient well of Time And dropped n bucket <lnwn. lie dropped il down, he pulled it up, A. singiDg water filled it; He eiuurht Ihe rim agninst Ilio moon And o'er the Earth"ho spilled it. Now Time's old well is wide and deep. And in it there nru drowned All rlio dumb koimjs men could not mug Becnitso their tongues were bound; Slronjj impulses of" melody' 1 That nover found (heir birth. But .helped to iiHiuld iniiuortnl clay. Out of the common oaith. Mow in full voice, imfotlcrcd joy, Anion.!; the slurs they tuiiibleii; They fell in spray from cltttrd lo cloud, All fiinsilii,' '.hin;;s l!iey humbled. 0 pioroinsr sweetness, silvery din, Ten l.lioiisund mingling notes; Tim iiislitiiißiilej of all tho wovld Jin*! lent the stars their Ononis! 0 T.oye, when Tim; , is dead, we'll stand In Heaven's transparent weather. And all the lost songs of the World We'll sing again together.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 236, 24 June 1918, Page 2
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208THE LOST SONGS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 236, 24 June 1918, Page 2
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