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Poets of the Golden Time - ZaunköniG - 01.07.2007 Poets of the Golden Time The brave old poets sing of nobler themes Than the weak griefs that haunt our coward souls; The torrent of their lusty music rolls, Not through dark valleys of distempered dreams, But murmurous pastures, lit by sunny streams; Or, rushing from some mountain-heigh of thought, Swells to strange meaning that our minds have sought Vainly to gather from the doubtful gleams Of our more gross perceptions. O, their strains Nerve and ennoble manhood! – no shrill cry, Set to a treble, tells of querulous woe; - Yet numbers deep-voiced as the mighty main’s Merge in the ring-dove’s plaining, or the sigh Of lovers whispering where sweet streamlets flow! |