Nature
Refrains
From The Singing Leaves (1903)
Nature
‘I love all the world to-day!’
That is very young.
‘So I sing, the while I may.’
All the songs are sung.
‘God would never say me nay.’
Heed the foolish tongue!
‘There’s a singing in the tree,’—
All the songs are sung.
‘Nightingales! Oh, could it be?’
Heed the foolish tongue!
‘And the new moon smiles at me.’
Ah, the moon is young!
Cite this poem
MLA
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Refrains.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/61/.
Chicago
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Refrains.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/61/.
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