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V & fr u The Hesperian WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. W7 BHMWWBWMPWIBBMMKJflMBiMiwtJCZcTitfSlS XjUf THE MIND HKRR Oh, the heart of the flaming rose, The eyes of the marguerite, And the lips of the daffodil, And the brow of the lily sweet! 1 feast my soul all day, And 1 dream I dream all night; But I cannot cannot drink my fill Of this supieme delight. And the song of the robin glad, And the voice of tho meadow rill, The swallows under the thatch, And the wind about the hill They sing they sing at morn, 1 hey sing they sing at night; As I listen listen and so catch The language of delight, And, oh, my soul has grown to be A harp of many strings, Whereon the fragrant summers play And all the budded springs, I dwell with men no more, As I dream the livelong night; As I revel revel all the day In gardens of delight. And when the stormy winter comes, Alone In the leafless trees I still repeat the music soft That summer taught to me. And thus the gloom I cheer With my themes from morn till night, As I whisper whisper through the croft The music of delight. Joris Van Linden, m i
