Miracle, and Other Poems

<h2 id="id00327" style="margin-top: 4em">REQUEST</h2> <p id="id00328">(To E. M.)</p> <p id="id00329">Sing me a song—a song to ease old sorrows,<br/> And dull the edge of care—<br/> A song of Hope to ring through all the morrows<br/> That be my share.<br/></p> <p id="id00330">Unlock the doors where joy hath been in hiding,<br/> Though barred they be and strong,<br/> And send black grief far down the wind a-riding—<br/> Sing me a song.<br/></p> <p id="id00331">Sing thou thy sky-lark song of sweetest daring,<br/> And April ecstasy,<br/> That I may follow it and go a-faring<br/> To Arcady.<br/></p> <p id="id00332">Charm sleep from out the shadows with thy singing,<br/> And when the light turns grey,<br/> Leave me bright dreams until the dawn comes bringing<br/> The rose-edged day.<br/></p> <p id="id00333">The wind of March taught thee his springtime madness,<br/> And then in undertone<br/> Whispered the wonder-secret of his gladness<br/> To thee alone.<br/></p> <p id="id00334">And thou hast learned from little brook and river<br/> Their tender melody—<br/> The notes that set the thrush's throat a-quiver<br/> Are known to thee.<br/></p> <p id="id00335">Sing me a song—a song to ease old sorrows,<br/> And dull the edge of care—<br/> A song of Hope, to ring through all the morrows<br/> That be my share.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />