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Poems by Isaac Rosenberg

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POEMS BY ISAAC ROSENBERG<br />

ON A LADY SINGING<br />

She bade us listen to the singing lark<br />

In tones far sweeter than its own :<br />

For fear that she should cease and leave us dark<br />

We built the bird a feigned throne,<br />

Shrined in her gracious glory-giving ways<br />

From sceptred hands of starred humility<br />

Praising herself the more in giving praise<br />

To music less than she.<br />

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