The World Song
“You have the Earth, O Sun!”
Sang the Moon;
“But I, but I have the Sea!”
“You have the Sun, O Earth!”
Sang the Sea;
“But I, but I have the Moon!”
Then the Sun and the Earth
Made mirth;
And the Sea and the Moon
Sang on;
And Love, who listened, caught up the strain
To sing it into our hearts again.
And I know not how, but that oldest rune
Of the Sea and the Moon
Holds all the mystery and love-lore
Of the world and many a planet more;
But Love knows the tune.
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