Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DAY AND NIGHT SONGS, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM


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DAY AND NIGHT SONGS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: These little songs
Last Line: And to no one belongs.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius
Subject(s): Songs


THESE little Songs,
Found here and there,
Floating in air
By forest and lea,
Or hill-side heather,
In houses and throngs,
Or down by the sea --
Have come together,
How, I can't tell:
But I know full well
No witty goose-wing
On an inkstand begot 'em;
Remember each place
And moment of grace,
In summer or spring,
Winter or autumn,
By sun, moon, stars,
Or a coal in the bars,
In market or church,
Graveyard or dance,
When they came without search,
Were found as by chance.
A word, a line,
You may say are mine;
But the best in the songs,
Whatever it be,
To you, and to me,
And to no one belongs.





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