“If this be all, for which I've listened long,
Oh, spirit of the dew!
You did not sing to Shelley such a song
As Shelley sung to you.”
A Word With a Skylark, lines 1-4.
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American writer 1836–1919Related quotes
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What know you of the soul from whence it sprung”
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Monsoon
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Greenback Dollar (1963)
Context: When I was a little baby, my mama she said "Son.
Travel where you will and grow to be a man
And sing what must be sung, poor boy
Sing what must be sung."
