I will walk on the earth

I will walk on the earth
Up to the top o' the trees,
Where sway the bird and the breeze,
And Song's wild eyes
Look to the skies:
Up to the top o' the trees,
Up to the top o' the trees!

Up to the peaks o' the cloud,
Where Echo's suburbs crowd
The lightning's flash
And thund'rous crash:
Up to the peaks o' the cloud,
Up to the peaks o' the cloud!

Nay, I will walk on the earth;
My love them all is worth:
In Love I see
All of them be,
And more - more -
I will walk on the earth,
I will walk on the earth!

by James Vila Blake (1842-1925)

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by John Ireland (1879-1962) , "I will walk on the earth", 1903, from Songs of a Wayfarer, no. 5.

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