Archibald Lampman

Lyrics Of Earth Archibald Lampman

THE SWEETNESS OF LIFEIt fell on a day I was happy, And the winds, the concave sky, The flowers and the beasts in the meadowSeemed happy even as I; And I stretched my hands to the meadow, To the bird, the beast, the tree: "Why are ye all so happy?"I cried, and they answered me. What sayest thou, Oh meadow, That stretches so wide, so far, That none can say how manyThy misty marguerites are?And what say ye, red roses, That o'er the sun-blanched wallFrom your high black-shadowed trellisLike flame or blood-drops fall?"We are born, we are reared, and we lingerA various space and die; We dream, and are bright and happy, But we cannot answ