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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LONELY PIPER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Tell me, lonely piper by the stream
Last Line: And comes leaping forth to greet the dawn.
Subject(s): Pipers
First Line: Tell me, lonely piper by the stream
Last Line: And comes leaping forth to greet the dawn.
Subject(s): Pipers
Tell me, lonely piper by the stream,
With your pipe of wond'rous melody,
Why alone sit you and pipe all day
When the gold lies near, and gold is fame?
I am piping for the love of song,
For the sunset and the rise of moon;
I am piping for the summer wind
That hath come afar to hear my strain.
I am piping for a little child,
Sleeping on a couch beneath the earth.
Oh, I hope some day he hears my song,
And comes leaping forth to greet the dawn.
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