"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.