Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 by George MacDonald
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something like the same feelings, for I am a poor interpreter of
music: Rejoice, said the sun, I will make thee gay With glory, and gladness, and holiday; I am dumb, O man, and I need thy voice. But man would not rejoice. Rejoice in thyself said he, O sun; For thou thy daily course dost run. In thy lofty place, rejoice if thou can: For me, I am only a man. Rejoice, said the wind, I am free and strong; I will wake in thy heart an ancient song. In the bowing woods--hark! hear my voice! But man would not rejoice. Rejoice, O wind, in thy strength, said he, For thou fulfillest thy destiny. Shake the trees, and the faint flowers fan: For me, I am only a man. I am here, said the night, with moon and star; The sun and the wind are gone afar; I am here with rest and dreams of choice. But man would not rejoice. For he said--What is rest to me, I pray, Who have done no labour all the day? |
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