Painting by Joakim Smidhagen
The Swan's Song
by Carter Revard
Garbed in silence I go on earth,
dwell among men or move on the waters
Yet far over halls of heroes in time
my robes and the high air may raise
and bear me up in heaven's power
over all nations. My ornaments then
are singing glories, and I go in song
bright as a star, unstaying above
the world's wide waters, as a wayfaring soul.
Copyright © Carter Revard, 1999.
First published in An Eagle Nation.
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