Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG, by FRANCIS CHARLES MCDONALD


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A SONG, by                    
First Line: This I learned from the birds
Last Line: Only you, dear, you.
Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.)


THIS I learned from the birds,
Dear heart,
And they told me in woodland words,
Apart,
And they told me true,
That all their singing the summer through
Was of you, of you.

This I learned from the flowers,
Dear heart,
In the dewy morning hours
Apart,
And they sware it, too,
That all their sweetness the summer through
Was for you, for you.

This I learned from the leaves,
Dear heart,
On stilly, starry eves
Apart,
Though their words were few,
That all their sighing the summer through
Was for you, for you.

This I learned from the stars,
Dear heart, --
From the Seven Sisters, and Mars,
Apart
In the boundless blue, --
That their light the lingering summer through
Was for you, for you.

This I learned from my life,
Dear heart,
'Mid its storms, and stress, and strife,
Apart,
(God knows it's true!)
That I need to love me my long way through,
Only you, dear, you.





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