Verses (Baughan)/Sing Happily
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SING HAPPILY
I heard a Robin from a leafless tree
Sing happily.
A meagre bird in sober suit was he,
Singing a carol of surpassing glee.
Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!
Sing happily.
A meagre bird in sober suit was he,
Singing a carol of surpassing glee.
Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!
No furtive sun hearten’d the heavy sky,
(Sing happily!)
December’s churlish wind push’d roughly by,
Earth lay a-dreaming deep with upclosed eye.
(Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!)
(Sing happily!)
December’s churlish wind push’d roughly by,
Earth lay a-dreaming deep with upclosed eye.
(Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!)
A poor wan world, with wintry grief forspent,
(Sing happily!)
Wherein no faintest voice responsive lent
This lonely singer its encouragement.
(Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!)
(Sing happily!)
Wherein no faintest voice responsive lent
This lonely singer its encouragement.
(Sing happily, Robin, Robin, happily!)
He sang; and after every mellow trill,
Sung happily,
He paus’d; as tho’ at heart retracing still
Each utter’d rapture to its inmost thrill,
Oh! happily, Robin, Robin, happily!
Sung happily,
He paus’d; as tho’ at heart retracing still
Each utter’d rapture to its inmost thrill,
Oh! happily, Robin, Robin, happily!
He felt no solitude, no chill distress;
(Sing happily!)
Sipping at his own song’s deliciousness,
He needed nought, his rich estate to bless—
Sing happily, Poet, Poet, happily!
(Sing happily!)
Sipping at his own song’s deliciousness,
He needed nought, his rich estate to bless—
Sing happily, Poet, Poet, happily!