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NO NIGHTINGALES. OR COMPENSATION - ZaunköniG - 29.12.2010
NO NIGHTINGALES. OR COMPENSATION.
Night of' 31st of May.
Long time I waited for the nightingale,
Befool'd by that dumb coppice ; till the dove
And finch descried me watching in the grove,
Poor client of the darkness, worn and pale :
But oh ! how often is our frustrate hope
Exchanged by Heaven for unexpected mirth !
Though baulk'd and sleepless, yet I could not mope
'Mid the full matins of the awaken'd earth ;
Bold chanticleer, alighting from his perch,
' The night birds play thee false,' he said—and crow'd ;
' Welcome to truth and day ! ' The lark uprode
And caroU'd. Thus, amid my weary search
For song in bowers of silence, June was born,
And tuneless night exchanged for choral morn.