XXXIISONGS OF COLOR
Playing with color!
How else had I found
All this new boldness?
Hark to the sound,
How else had I found
All this new boldness?
Hark to the sound,
The cry of gay orange;
Come into my hand.
See how I hold it,
Unflinchingly stand.
Come into my hand.
See how I hold it,
Unflinchingly stand.
Oh, could I touch it,
That glowing red!
Then I might glory
When æons are dead.
That glowing red!
Then I might glory
When æons are dead.
Yet with thy wonder,
O thou gentle blue!
Soothe my burnt spirit
With thy tender hue.
O thou gentle blue!
Soothe my burnt spirit
With thy tender hue.
I
GOLD
Victor over cloudy night,
Phœbus in thy amber car,
Bring us now thy goodly light,
Drive away each pale-fac'd star.
Phœbus in thy amber car,
Bring us now thy goodly light,
Drive away each pale-fac'd star.
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