The Eagle's Song

The eagle sings to the sea-gull, "My eyes are blind with pain, Peering into the sun's face, As yours in the tossing main;

Yours are the depths of the sea, Mine the fathomless sky. Between us the tides of men Who blossom, and fall, and die."

The eagle sings to the sea-gull, "The world will toss and strain Till the mountains march to the sea, And the sea climbs back again."

The eagle sings to the sea-gull, "The mountains wait and sleep." And the sea-gull sings to the eagle The old sing-song of the deep.