Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PSYCHOMETRIST, by JAMES STEPHENS



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First Line: I listened to a man, and he
Last Line: Stones shall sing in ecstasy!
Subject(s): Linnets; Stones; Granite; Rocks


I listened to a man, and he
Had no word to say to me:
Then unto a stone I bowed,
And it spoke to me aloud.

-- The force that bindeth me so long,
Once sang in the linnet's song;
Now upon the ground I lie,
While the centuries go by!

-- Linnets shall for joy atone
And be fastened into stone;
While, upon the waving tree,
Stones shall sing in ecstasy!





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