Thomas Edward Brown (1830-1897). Vespers. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

X. The Pity of It
Vespers

By Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897)


O BLACKBIRD, what a boy you are!
How you do go it!
Blowing your bugle to that one sweet star—
How you do blow it!
And does she hear you, blackbird boy, so far?	5
Or is it wasted breath?
‘Good Lord! she is so bright
To-night!’
The blackbird saith.