A Reed by the River/Unity
UNITY
A sombre pine is stirred
By the recreant wind on high,
And out of the gloom, like a word,
Breaketh a bird to the sky.
By the recreant wind on high,
And out of the gloom, like a word,
Breaketh a bird to the sky.
The sky speaks truth through a star,
The star seeks the heart of the sea,
To the sea strives a river afar,
To the river a brook laughs free,
The star seeks the heart of the sea,
To the sea strives a river afar,
To the river a brook laughs free,
And down to the brook doth gleam
The thread of a mountain spring,
Born in the hush of that pine-tree's dream,
And brushed by the bird's soft wing.
The thread of a mountain spring,
Born in the hush of that pine-tree's dream,
And brushed by the bird's soft wing.