Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SORROW AND SONG, by JAMES HEDDERWICK



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First Line: Weep not over poet's wrong; / mourn not his mischances
Last Line: And of gentle fancies.
Subject(s): Grief; Singing & Singers; Sorrow; Sadness; Songs


WEEP not over poet's wrong,
Mourn not his mischances;
Sorrow is the source of song,
And of gentle fancies.

Rills o'er rocky beds are borne
Ere they gush in whiteness;
Pebbles are wave-chafed and worn
Ere they show their brightness.

Sweetest gleam the morning flowers
When in tears they waken;
Earth enjoys refreshing showers
When the boughs are shaken.

Ceylon's glistening pearls are sought
In its deepest waters;
From the darkest mines are brought
Gems for beauty's daughters.

Through the rent and shiver'd rock
Limpid water breaketh;
'Tis but when the chords are struck
That their music waketh.

Flower's, by heedless footstep press'd,
All their sweets surrender;
Gold must brook the fiery test
Ere it shows its splendour.

When the twilight cold and damp,
Gloom and silence bringeth,
Then the glow-worm lights its lamp,
And the night-bird singeth.

Stars come forth when night her shroud
Draws as daylight fainteth;
Only on the tearful cloud
God his rainbow painteth.

Weep not, then, o'er poet's wrong,
Mourn not his mischances;
Sorrow is the source of song,
And of gentle fancies.





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