"Eternal Summer"
I would fashion thee a crown
To wear about thy golden head.
In it's center I would place
A jewel of splendid radiance;
Catch within it the beams
Pouring forth from the fount of light.
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Had I the power.
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I would craft for thee a ring
To wind about thy gentle finger
Upon it I would string
The wav'ring sunlight on dancing grass;
Drive back the shadows
Enshrouding thy stifled soul
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Had I the power.
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I would take these sullied waters
And make with them a spring,
Bubb'ling with the waters of renewal,
Flowing through a thriving paradise.
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Had I the power.
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I would weave them all with
The music on the wind,
And sing for you a morn' renewed---
Eternal summer, show'ring rainbow's hue!
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Had I the power.
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I would grab a hold the reigns of Time
And keep this day cast in its golden song
So we could soar amongst the clouds
On a high and windy day;
No stars to trouble us
With their piercing truths
And lances of faded silver.
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Had I the power,
I would give thee eternal summer
And not but these sullied words
On a crumpl'd page.
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But I am just me.
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I am just me,
And mine is the paint that shall ever-fade,
And thine is the heart cast in winter's night---
And so the stars our doom hath created.