Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SERENADE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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SERENADE, by                    
First Line: From mountain heights fair echo calls
Last Line: With song that aye should live.
Subject(s): Love; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


From mountain heights fair Echo calls
And bids the world rejoice;
Thus on my thought's high places falls
The echo of your voice.

In cavern deeps the crystal light
Of day seems strangely fair;
Your love illumines my heart's sad night,
As if God placed it there.

The south wind comes with its caress,
And joy springs into bloom;
Your kisses melt my cold distress
And rose-tint all its gloom.

The myriad stars of night's vast blue
Are spotless and divine;
Each represents a gift that you
Possess, sweetheart of mine.

I have no kingly realm—no gold—
No hosts at my command;
Yet all the world is mine to hold,
When I but hold your hand.

A minstrel's frail, discordant notes
Are all my lips can give;
My love would fill a thousand throats
With song that aye should live.





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