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THE SINGER by JOSEPH SKIPSEY

First Line: WHAT THO', IN BLEAK NORTHUMBRIA'S MINES
Last Line: IN DEEPER TONES THE DEEPER THOUGHT.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS;
What tho', in bleak Northumbria's mines
His better part of life hath flown,
A planet's shone on him, and shines,
To Fortune's darlings seldom known;

And while his outer lot is grim,
His soul, with light and rapture fraught,
Oft will a carol trill, or hymn
In deeper tones the deeper thought.



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