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HEART-SONG by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: DEAR HEART, WHAT THO' I PRESS THE HEEDLESS THRONG
Last Line: ALL THE NIGHT LONG?
Subject(s): HEARTS; SINGING & SINGERS; SONGS;

DEAR heart, what tho' I press the heedless throng
While high the stars shine in their blue retreat,
If so, I unto thee with heart of song
Wend thro' the street.
Dear heart, what tho' my song's inaudible
Unto this ceaseless, surging, heartless throng --
Far from the crowd wilt thou not hear it well
All the night long?



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