Harps We Love
Harps We Love
Original Text
The Poems of Henry Kendall, ed. Bertram Stephens
(Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1920): 30. Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS), digital text sponsored by AustLit: http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit
1The harp we love hath a royal burst!
2 Its strings are mighty forest trees;
3And branches, swaying to and fro,
4 Are fingers sounding symphonies.
5The harp we love hath a solemn sound!
6 And rocks amongst the shallow seas
7Are strings from which the rolling waves
8 Draw forth their stirring harmonies.
9The harp we love hath a low sweet voice!
10 Its strings are in the bosom deep,
11And Love will press those hidden chords
12 When all the baser passions sleep.
Publication Start Year
1862
Publication Notes
Poems and Songs (1862)
RPO poem Editors
Cameron La Follette
RPO Edition
2011
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