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THE ROBIN'S OCTOBER SONG. - ZaunköniG - 28.10.2007
THE ROBIN'S OCTOBER SONG.
THAT carol to the cold and misty morn,
That ending autumn-song, that short-lived song,
O robin ! I know well, so sharp and strong,
As do those trembling groves already shorn
And yellowing. O brief sweet song ! so lorn
Of gladness ; all these leaves, from twig to stem,
Tremble as if dead fingers counted them :
To sing such song men too were surely born.
And this it is : the most desired of Gods
Is waxen weak, and all his children too,
Even the sun ; that wide-winged spectre flew
Faster, and now hath caught him by the hair.
Let us contend no more against the rods,
But sing our last song, and descend the stair.