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Robert Fuller Murray (1863-1894)

The Voice that Sings


              1The voice that sings across the night
              2Of long forgotten days and things,
              3Is there an ear to hear aright
              4The voice that sings?

              5It is as when a curfew rings
              6Melodious in the dying light,
              7A sound that flies on pulsing wings.

              8And faded eyes that once were bright
              9Brim over, as to life it brings
            10The echo of a dead delight,
            11The voice that sings.

Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: R. F. Murray, The Scarlet Gown: Being Verses by a St. Andrews Man, 2nd edn., intro. by Andrew Lang (Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1909): 1. LE M9837sc Robarts Library
First publication date: 1891
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: 2001
Recent editing: 1:2002/10/5

Rhyme: abab bab abab

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