<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357686" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Melba</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Born to the sun and smiling skies, <br>And bird-songs to the morning flung,<br>To joyousness that never dies <br>In hearts that stay for ever young <br>'Twas here, beneath the shining trees,<br>She paused to learn the magic rune<br>Of those unlaboured ecstasies<br>That keep a weary world in tune.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The grey thrush fluting by the nest,<br>The golden whistler trilling high <br>Their gifts she captured and expressed<br>In magic notes that may not die.<br>Then to the old, grey world she gave,<br>Exultingly, at Art's command,<br>In songs that live beyond the grave,<br>Her message from a bright, young land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>With sheer exuberance of Art,<br>Won from that happy, feathered throng,<br>She poured our sunshine from her heart,<br>Translated into magic song.<br>And tho', alas. the singer dies,<br>Who bade old continents rejoice,<br>Not ever from our sunlit skies<br>Departs the memory of her voice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357686" data-title="Melba de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Born to the sun and smiling skies, And bird-songs to the morning flung, To joyousness that never dies In hearts that stay for ever young 'Twas here, beneath the shining trees, She paused to learn the magic rune Of those unlaboured ecstasies Tha..."></div> </div> </div>

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