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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SINGER OF ONE SONG, by HENRY AUGUSTIN BEERS Poet's Biography
First Line: He sang one song and died - no more but that; / a single song carlessly complete
Last Line: "high over all the lonely bugle grieves."
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Thought; Thinking
First Line: He sang one song and died - no more but that; / a single song carlessly complete
Last Line: "high over all the lonely bugle grieves."
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Thought; Thinking
He sang one song and died -- no more but that:
A single song and carelessly complete.
He would not bind and thresh his chance-grown wheat,
Nor bring his wild fruit to the common vat,
To store the acid rinsings, thin and flat,
Squeezed from the press or trodden under feet.
A few slow beads, blood-red and honey-sweet,
Oozed from the grape, which burst and' spilled its fat.
But Time, who soonest drops the heaviest things
That weight his pack, will carry diamonds long.
So through the poets' orchestra, which weaves
One music from a thousand stops and strings,
Pierces the note of that immortal song:
"High over all the lonely bugle grieves."
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