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As these three monks went bickering on By the foot of a spreading tree,
Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]
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- Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]
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- Hay, John, 1838-1905, Hay, Clarence Leonard
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- 1917
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"Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE0027.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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Out from its heart of verdurous gloom A song burst wild and free, —
A wordless carol of life and love, Of nature free and wild; And the three monks paused in the evening shade, Looked up at each other and smiled.
And tender and gay the bird sang on, And cooed and whistled and trilled, And the wasteful wealth of life and love From his happy heart was spilled.
The song had power on the grim old monks In the light of the rosy skies; And as they listened the years rolled back, And tears came into their eyes.
The years rolled back and they were young, With the hearts and hopes of men, They plucked the daisies and kissed the girls Of dear dead summers again.