DisplayImage("text", "zpage033", "
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StoryTitle("caps", "Song for Music") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(33, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A lake and a fairy boat", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To sail in the moonlight clear,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And merrily we would float", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "From the dragons that watch us here!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Thy gown should be snow-white silk, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And strings of orient pearls,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Like gossamers dipp'd in milk, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Should twine with thy raven curls!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Red rubies should deck thy hands, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And diamonds should be thy dow'r—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But fairies have broke their wands, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And wishing has lost its pow'r!", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Thomas Hood.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>