Johannes Carl Andersen: Soft, Low and Sweet
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Soft, Low and Sweet

Born 3/14/1873


Soft, low and sweet, the blackbird wakes the day,
And clearer pipes, as rosier grows the gray
         Of the wide sky, far, far into whose deep
         The rath lark soars, and scatters down the steep
His runnel song, that skyey roundelay.

Earth with a sigh awakes; and tremors play,
         Coy in her leafy trees, and falt'ring creep
Across the daisy lawn and whisper, "Well-a-day,"
         Soft, low and sweet.

From violet-banks the scent-clouds float away
         And spread around their fragrance, as of sleep:
         From ev'ry mossy nook the blossoms peep;
From ev'ry blossom comes one little ray
That makes the world-wealth one with Spring, alway
         Soft, low and sweet.


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