The sun

Fire is in the flint : true, once a spark escapes, 
Fire forgets the kinship, soars till fancy shapes 
Some befitting cradle where the babe had birth 
Wholly heaven's the product, unallied to earth. 
Splendors recognized as perfect in the star ! 
In our flint their home was, housed as now they are.

by Robert Browning (1812-1889) , "The sun", from Ferishtah's Fancies, no. 5, published 1884

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by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "The sun", 1903, published 1905 [tenor and orchestra], from Lyrics from "Ferishtah's Fancies", no. 5.

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