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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIRLS SINGING, by FERDINAND VON SAAR Poet's Biography
First Line: Spring-time: in the evening shade
Last Line: Through the wide and lonely plain.
First Line: Spring-time: in the evening shade
Last Line: Through the wide and lonely plain.
SPRING-TIME: in the evening shade
I was strolling through the vale—
All at once before me strayed
Gentle sounds across the dale.
I drew nearer; all serene
Two were sitting hand in hand—
Maidens as by day are seen
Working in the furrowed land.
And their faces both were brown
From the kissing sunbeams' glow;
Underneath each ragged gown
Bare a sun-burnt foot would show.
But they sang, their heads held high,
Songs that from their bosoms sprang
To the stars that lit the sky,
Sang, and knew not how they sang.
Thus they sang the old, old lays
All of love, its joy and pain,
Heedless, seeking no one's praise,—
Through the wide and lonely plain.
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