[Everyone]1 suddenly burst out singing; And I was filed with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on -- on -- and out of sight. Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted; And beauty came like the setting sun: My heart was shaken with tears; and horror Drifted away. ... O but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the [singing]2 will never be done.
Song of Happiness
Song Cycle by Greta Tomlins (1912 - 1972)
?. Everyone sang [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon (1886 - 1967), "Everyone sang", appears in Picture-Show, no. 34, first published 1919
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Dougherty, Wells: "ev'ryone", throughout
2 Dougherty: "song"
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