Lyrics of Earth

<h2><SPAN name="THE_BIRD_AND_THE_HOUR" id="THE_BIRD_AND_THE_HOUR"></SPAN>THE BIRD AND THE HOUR</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The sun looks over a little hill<br/></span> <span class="i2">And floods the valley with gold&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i8">A torrent of gold;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the hither field is green and still;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Beyond it a cloud outrolled,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is glowing molten and bright;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And soon the hill, and the valley and all,<br/></span> <span class="i8">With a quiet fall,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Shall be gathered into the night.<br/></span> <span class="i2">And yet a moment more,<br/></span> <span class="i8">Out of the silent wood,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As if from the closing door<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of another world and another lovelier mood,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Hear'st thou the hermit pour&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i8">So sweet! so magical!&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">His golden music, ghostly beautiful.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />