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BRANDENBURGH HARVEST SONG by FRIEDRICH HEINRICH KARL DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE

First Line: THE CORN IN GOLDEN LIGHT
Last Line: SHE IS NO MORE!
Subject(s): DEATH; HARVEST; DEAD, THE;

THE corn in golden light
Waves o'er the plain;
The sickle's gleam is bright;
Full swells the grain.

Now send we far around
Our harvest lay! --
Alas! a heavier sound
Comes o'er the day!

Earth shrouds with burial sod
Her soft eyes blue, --
Now o'er the gifts of God
Fall tears like dew!

On every breeze a knell
The hamlets pour:
We know its cause too well --
She is no more!



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