The Litle Girl Lost
Track 4 on Songs of Experience
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The Litle Girl Lost Lyrics
In futurity
I prophesy
That the earth from sleep
(Grave the sentence deep)
Shall arise, and seek
For her Maker meek;
And the desert wild
Become a garden mild
In the southern clime
Where the summer's prime
Never fades away,
Lovely Lyca lay
Seven summers old
Lovely Lyca told
She had wandered long
Hearing wild birds' song
Sweet sleep, come to me
Underneath this tree;
Do father, mother, weep?
Where can Lyca sleep?
Lost in desert wild
Is your little child
How can Lyca sleep
If her mother weep?
I prophesy
That the earth from sleep
(Grave the sentence deep)
Shall arise, and seek
For her Maker meek;
And the desert wild
Become a garden mild
In the southern clime
Where the summer's prime
Never fades away,
Lovely Lyca lay
Seven summers old
Lovely Lyca told
She had wandered long
Hearing wild birds' song
Sweet sleep, come to me
Underneath this tree;
Do father, mother, weep?
Where can Lyca sleep?
Lost in desert wild
Is your little child
How can Lyca sleep
If her mother weep?
If her heart does ache
Then let Lyca wake
If my mother sleep
Lyca shall not weep
Frowning, frowning night
O'er this desert bright
Let thy moon arise,
While I close my eyes
Sleeping Lyca lay
While the beasts of prey
Come from caverns deep,
Viewed the maid asleep
The kingly lion stood,
And the virgin viewed:
Then he gambolled round
O'er the hallowed ground
Leopards, tigers, play
Round her as she lay
While the lion old
Bowed his mane of gold
And her bosom lick
And upon her neck
From his eyes of flame
Ruby tears there came
Then let Lyca wake
If my mother sleep
Lyca shall not weep
Frowning, frowning night
O'er this desert bright
Let thy moon arise,
While I close my eyes
Sleeping Lyca lay
While the beasts of prey
Come from caverns deep,
Viewed the maid asleep
The kingly lion stood,
And the virgin viewed:
Then he gambolled round
O'er the hallowed ground
Leopards, tigers, play
Round her as she lay
While the lion old
Bowed his mane of gold
And her bosom lick
And upon her neck
From his eyes of flame
Ruby tears there came
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Genius Annotation
This is the first poem in a two part series about tough love. It’s a tough love that is not expressed between two individuals, but rather a demanding grace from life/evolution to those who are surviving.
The first half of this poem introduces the little girl Lyca, who has pretty much never had a bad day in her life (references anyone who’s had a sheltered upbringing). It’s my belief that she’s dissatisfied in some way, and welcomes a blue-kinda phase. She allows the “frowning night” to take over as she shuts her eyes. She allows the reigns she has on her life to slip away from her
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