The Answer
Why do I lie upon the ground And listen to the silver sound Of water flowing from a spring? It sings a song I cannot sing.
Why am I gazing at the sky To watch the clouds go trailing by? --Pearl ships upon a sapphire sea-- They seek a land unknown to me.
Why do I listen to the song Of pine-boughs singing all day long? The secret that their songs unfold Ten thousand bards have left untold.
Frank Oliver Call