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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIG MERRY-GO-ROUND (A SONG FOR A CHILD), by RICHARD DEHMEL
First Line: A merry-go-round is in the sky
Last Line: Goes the big merry-go-round!
First Line: A merry-go-round is in the sky
Last Line: Goes the big merry-go-round!
A MERRY-GO-ROUND is in the sky
That's turning night and day,
Fast as a dream it whirls on high
So bright we cannot see it fly,
All formed of light's pure ray,—
Hark, little rogue, I say.
Listen, it takes the stars along
That up in heaven gleam.
Through space it bears them swift and strong,
And as it goes it makes a song
So delicate we only seem
To hear the music in a dream.
In dreams we hear it from afar,
From heaven with brightness crowned.
How glad, you rogue, your dreams then are.
And we turn with it on a star;
Never too fast, we've found,
Goes the big merry-go-round!
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