Ballades and Verses Vain
By Andrew Lang
1 Oct, 2019
Excerpt.............
Laughter and song the poet brings,
And lends them form and gives them-wings;
Then sets his chirping squadron free,
To post at will by land or sea,
And find their home, if that may be.
Laughter and song this poet, too,
... Read more
Excerpt.............
Laughter and song the poet brings,
And lends them form and gives them-wings;
Then sets his chirping squadron free,
To post at will by land or sea,
And find their home, if that may be.
Laughter and song this poet, too,
O Western brothers, sends to you:
With doubtful flight the darting train,
Have crossed the bleak Atlantic main,—
Now warm them in your hearts again! Less