The Cloud
Bill Douglas
Songs of Earth and Sky
[00:25.79]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.
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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.
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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.
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