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Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous...

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Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song! 
And let the young Lambs bound 
As to the tabor's sound! 
We in thought will join your throng, 
Ye that pipe and ye that play, 
Ye that through your hearts today 
Feel the gladness of the May! 
What though the radiance which was once so bright 
Be now for ever taken from my sight, 
Though nothing can bring back the hour 
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; 
We will grieve not, rather find 
Strength in what remains behind; 
In the primal sympathy 
Which having been must ever be; 
In the soothing thoughts that spring 
Out of human suffering; 
In the faith that looks through death, 
In years that bring the philosophic mind.


Input by Ahmed E. Ismail

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Date added to the website: 2005-12-31.

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