“The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.”
Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) British writer
To Robert Browning (1846).
“I shall not sing a May song.
A May song should be gay.
I'll wait until November
And sing a song of gray.”
"The Crazy Woman"
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A May song should be gay.
I'll wait until November
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