Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SILLY SONG, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK


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A SILLY SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O heart, my heart!' she said, and heard
Last Line: "these happy tears down falling."
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria


"O HEART, my heart!" she said, and heard
His mate the blackbird calling,
While through the sheen of the garden green
May rain was softly falling, --
Aye softly, softly falling.

The buttercups across the field
Made sunshine rifts of splendor:
The round snow-bud of the thorn in the wood
Peeped through its leefage tender,
As the rain came softly falling.

"O heart, my heart!" she said and smiled,
"There's not a tree of the valley,
Or a leaf I wis which the rain's soft kiss
Freshens in yonder alley,
Where the drops keep ever falling, --

"There's not a foolish flower i' the grass,
Or bird through the woodland calling,
So glad again of the coming of rain
As I of these tears now falling, --
These happy tears down falling."





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