Sing-Song: When a Mounting Skylark Sings

When a mounting skylark sings
In the sunlit summer morn,
I know that heaven is up on high.
And on earth are fields of corn.

But when a nightingale sings

But when a nightingale sings
In the moonlit summer even,
I know not if earth is merely earth.
Only that heaven is heaven.

Who has seen the wind?

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing thro’.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.

The horses of the sea

The horses of the sea
Rear a foaming crest,
But the horses of the land
Serve us the best.

The horses of the land

The horses of the land
Munch corn and clover,
While the foaming sea-horses
Toss and turn over.

O sailor, come ashore

O sailor, come ashore,
What have you brought for me?
Red coral, white coral,
Coral from the sea.

I did not dig it from the ground

I did not dig it from the ground,
Nor pluck it from a tree;
Feeble insects made it
In the stormy sea.

A diamond or a coal?

A diamond or a coal?
A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?

A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze.