Romance, who loves to nod and sing With drowsy head and folded wing Among the green leaves as they shake Far down within some shadowy lake, To me a painted paroquet Hath been - most familiar bird - Taught me my alphabet to say, To lisp my very earliest word While in the wild wood I did lie, A child - with a most knowing eye. (Read Related : Short Inspirational Stories)
Of late, eternal condor years So shake the very Heaven on high With tumult as they thunder by, I have no time for idle cares Through gazing on the unquiet sky; And when an hour with calmer wings Its down upon my spirit flings, That little time with lyre and rhyme To while away - forbidden things - My heart would feel to be a crime Unless it trembled with the strings. (Read Related : Inspirational Stories of Success)
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