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Themes and Variations
AFTER MUSIC.
She sang when the fire was low,
And the rain passed on with a humming tread,
Like bees that swarm when the bean-flowers blow,
And the wind-flower droops its head.
And the rain passed on with a humming tread,
Like bees that swarm when the bean-flowers blow,
And the wind-flower droops its head.
She sang of the drifting cloud,
And the tremulous firelight filled the room,
And a blast from the sea-wood cried aloud,
Then died away in the gloom.
And the tremulous firelight filled the room,
And a blast from the sea-wood cried aloud,
Then died away in the gloom.
She sang of the tropical day
That broods over beautiful island and plain,
Of the breakers that fling out their while wings of spray,
Then fold and spread them again.
That broods over beautiful island and plain,
Of the breakers that fling out their while wings of spray,
Then fold and spread them again.
And still while she sang we heard
Far off, aver forest and fern-clad steep,
The murmuring ocean, sorrow-stirred,
That even sobs in its sleep.
Far off, aver forest and fern-clad steep,
The murmuring ocean, sorrow-stirred,
That even sobs in its sleep.