SONGS OF THE SOUL
Yes, I know those old dame rocks
Who rocked me on their stony laps
When I a tiny baby tree
Did chafe to run with winds so free.
Who rocked me on their stony laps
When I a tiny baby tree
Did chafe to run with winds so free.
The green-attired friends I know,
With rose and lily buds aglow;
I once adorned a kingly breast,
Lost life, returned to mother dust.
With rose and lily buds aglow;
I once adorned a kingly breast,
Lost life, returned to mother dust.
I know the ruby redbreast dear,
My blood in it once flowed so clear;
I smiled in diamonds, gleaming bright,
I danced in Roentgen rays of light.
My blood in it once flowed so clear;
I smiled in diamonds, gleaming bright,
I danced in Roentgen rays of light.
A ray of friendship from my heart
In diamond and ruby joy did start,
The bright ones smiled, the ruby wept
To meet their long-lost friend at last.
In diamond and ruby joy did start,
The bright ones smiled, the ruby wept
To meet their long-lost friend at last.
The soul of gold in yellow gown,
The soul of silver whitely shone,—
Bestowed on me maternal smiles
That told they knew me long erewhile.
The soul of silver whitely shone,—
Bestowed on me maternal smiles
That told they knew me long erewhile.
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