Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]
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Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]
Author
Savage, Philip Henry, 1868-1899
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Boston: Small, Maynard, and Company
1900
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THE CHICKADEE'S SONG
TO G.S.
GLIMPSED now and again in his pine-tree tower,A chickadee sang the soft hours away.And I could not hear what he had to say,For I was sad,And he was gay.For he was glad,And I had no powerTo hear in my heart what he had to say.
As he sang to the sun and the bright-eyed flowersAnd the golden air, all the world was gray.To me all was dead in the dreary dayFor I was sadAnd he was gay.And he was glad,As the dull-eyed hoursRolled on to the close of the dreary day.
For the eyes of the one alone with the powerTo brighten and lighten the black-cap's playPassed me by and were turned away.
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So I was sad,Though the bird was gay;Though he was gladIn his pine-tree tower;For her eyes passed me by and were turned away.
August 15, 1890
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