Song


Bind the sea to slumber stilly;
Bind its odor to the lily;
Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver;
Then bind love to last forever.
                                —Moore.
Go tame the eagle of the crag;
    Go steal the sting from mortal pain;
Go stand the broken water-flag
    Erect upon its stalk again.

Restore the freshness of a flower;
    The glory of a cloud restore;
Then force the passion of an hour
    To fill the aching heart once more.


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From Joy, and Other Poems, by Danske Dandridge. Second Edition. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons - Knickerbocker Press, 1900.