Voices of the Air
But then there comes that moment
When, for no cause that I can find,
The little voices of the
Sound above all the sea and wind
But then there comes that moment
When, for no cause that I can find,
The little voices of the
Sound above all the sea and wind
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free,
He laughed aloud for very glee:
There came a breeze from off the sea:
It passed athwart the glooming flat -It fanned his forehead as he sat -It lightly bore away his hat,
There's a cry from out the loneliness — oh, listen,
Honey, listen
Do you hear it, do you fear it, you're a-holding of me so
You're a-sobbing in your sleep, dear, and your lashes, how they glisten — Do you hear the Little Voices all ...
There is a Reaper whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between
What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the pa...