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The Cloud |
|
Bill Douglas |
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Songs of Earth and Sky |
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I am the daughter of Earth and Water |
| [00:30.15] |
And the nursling of the Sky; |
| [00:35.58] |
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores |
| [00:41.67] |
I change, but I cannot die. |
| [00:46.87] |
For after the rain with never a stain |
| [00:52.48] |
The pavilion of Heaven is Gale, |
| [00:57.92] |
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams |
| [01:03.55] |
Build up the blue dome of air, |
| [01:09.08] |
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, |
| [01:14.89] |
And out of the caverns of rain, |
| [01:20.22] |
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, |
| [01:26.02] |
I arise and unbuild it again. |
| [01:33.64] |
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| [01:56.52] |
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, |
| [02:01.57] |
From the seas and the streams; |
| [02:07.57] |
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid |
| [02:12.84] |
In their noonday dreams. |
| [02:18.64] |
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken |
| [02:24.23] |
The sweet buds every one, |
| [02:29.88] |
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, |
| [02:35.18] |
As she dances about the sun. |
| [02:41.07] |
I wield the flail of the lashing hail, |
| [02:46.59] |
And whiten the green plains under, |
| [02:52.19] |
And then again I dissolve it in rain, |
| [02:57.68] |
And laugh as I pass in thunder. |
| [03:04.82] |
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| [03:50.57] |
I am the daughter of Earth and Water |
| [03:55.52] |
And the nursling of the Sky; |
| [04:01.40] |
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores |
| [04:06.54] |
I change, but I cannot die. |
| [04:12.29] |
For after the rain with never a stain |
| [04:17.91] |
The pavilion of Heaven is Gale, |
| [04:23.47] |
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams |
| [04:28.85] |
Build up the blue dome of air, |
| [04:34.76] |
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, |
| [04:40.70] |
And out of the caverns of rain, |
| [04:45.96] |
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, |
| [04:51.77] |
I arise and unbuild it again. |
| [04:59.62] |
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