Give me a singing heart to free my life From drab monotony; with hushing runes That soothe as cool blue shadows in the heat, Or sea-washed restfulness of wind-blown dunes. As brave as lilies which in white-flamed joy— From slanting desert sands and sun-scorched spaces— Through cosmic rhythms voice their harmonies, To quavering silences lift up their faces. Sometimes soul-stirring as a bugle-call, Inciting to dreams of widening scopes Of usefulness; lifting life's meaning high As mystic solitude of mountain slopes. Give me a singing heart that I may live Environed with music—poignant, lyric lays— That hunger may not stalk unsatisfied Through inert shadows and through futile days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EARLY MORNING by HILAIRE BELLOC HARRIET BEECHER STOWE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE EAGLE'S SONG by RICHARD MANSFIELD |