<h3><SPAN name="21">EARTH’S ANSWER</SPAN></h3>
Earth raised up her head<br/>
From the darkness dread and drear,<br/>
Her light fled,<br/>
Stony, dread,<br/>
And her locks covered with grey despair.
<br/><br/>‘Prisoned on watery shore,<br/>
Starry jealousy does keep my den<br/>
Cold and hoar;<br/>
Weeping o’er,<br/>
I hear the father of the ancient men.
<br/><br/>‘Selfish father of men!<br/>
Cruel, jealous, selfish fear!<br/>
Can delight,<br/>
Chained in night,<br/>
The virgins of youth and morning bear.
<br/><br/>‘Does spring hide its joy,<br/>
When buds and blossoms grow?<br/>
Does the sower<br/>
Sow by night,<br/>
Or the ploughman in darkness plough?
<br/><br/>‘Break this heavy chain,<br/>
That does freeze my bones around!<br/>
Selfish, vain,<br/>
Eternal bane,<br/>
That free love with bondage bound.’
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