Japanese Water-Song
MURMURED till morn the torrent’s misty play,
That glimmered down the darkness all night long,
Shivered to silver, laughed, and slipt away
With dreamy undersong.
That glimmered down the darkness all night long,
Shivered to silver, laughed, and slipt away
With dreamy undersong.
Falling in lustre all the starry night,
It whispered through the wonder of the spray,
Shivered to silver, shafts of rushing light,
Gurgled; and passed away.
It whispered through the wonder of the spray,
Shivered to silver, shafts of rushing light,
Gurgled; and passed away.
Murmured till morn the drowsy water-song:
The torrent poured in splendour down the height,
Shivered to silver, laughed, and swept along
Its trails of dimpled light.
The torrent poured in splendour down the height,
Shivered to silver, laughed, and swept along
Its trails of dimpled light.