The Soul Of A Century/The brimming cup
THE BRIMMING CUP
I hold a cup within my palm,
A foaming cup that overran;
I hold a cup within my palm,
That is waiting for the lips of man.
That is waiting if its wine
O’er arid furrows will find its way,
Or if on languid blooms elsewhere
Its droplets it shall hang some day.
That’s waiting if the blooms will bow
To earth beneath this burden sweet,
Waiting if other worlds somehow
Its scent will wake to glowing heat.
I hold a cup within my palm,
That’s waiting for the lips of man,
I hold a cup within my palm,
I hold my heart, that overran.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice. The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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