'Twas a lovely night in gay Paree
The stagelight was beating on him and me
He took my heart and spoke so well
And told me things no one else could tell
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Listen and you will hear The melody so clear For the bird sings to another (And sometimes to itself alone) For the times remembered When another is gone. s
Listen and you will hear The melody so clear For the bird sings to another (And sometimes to itself alone) For the times remembered When another is gone. s
This poem has a lovely lilt and just enough repetation to make it memorable. May I point out that the word ‘was’ in the first line of the third stanza is out of synk with the rythem. Perhaps the line could read, “A light burned in my heart that night, ”. Just a suggestion, for over all the poem is very good. Adeline