Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SOUL TO THE IDEAL, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT


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THE SOUL TO THE IDEAL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I will not hear thy music sweet!
Last Line: I will not hear!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Socialism


I WILL not hear thy music sweet!
If I should listen, then I know
I should no more know friend from foe,
But follow thy capricious feet --
Thy sings, than mine so much more fleet --
I will not go!
I will not go away! Away
From reeds and pool why should I go
To where sun burns, and hot winds blow?
Here sleeps cool twilight all the day;
Do I not love thy tune? No, no!
I will not say!
I will not say I love thy tune;
I do not know if so it be;
It surely is enough for me
To know I love cool rest at noon,
Spread thy bright wings -- ah, go -- go soon!
I will not see!
I will not see thy gleaming wings,
I will not hear thy music clear.
It is not love I feel, but fear;
I love the song the marsh-frog sings,
But thine, which after-sorrow brings,
I will not hear!






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