| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | Stanzas | | By Sarah E. Carmichael |
| | | I LOVE the music of the wave, | |
| I love the night wind’s song; | |
| I love to hear the storm king cheer | |
| His frenzied host along; | |
| I love all nature’s thrilling tones, | 5 |
| I love the notes of art— | |
| But better far, than all, I love | |
| The music of the heart. | |
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| I love the tints of beauty laid | |
| Softly on leaf and flower; | 10 |
| The trembling light that gilds the night, | |
| And wraps the midnight hour; | |
| I love the sunny warmth and light | |
| From the glad sunbeams stole— | |
| But better far, than all, I love | 15 |
| The beauty of the soul. | |
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| I prize all heaven’s precious gifts, | |
| Laid on the earth or sea; | |
| The lowliest flower that decks life’s bower | |
| Is beautiful to me: | 20 |
| I value every ray of light | |
| That gleams below—above; | |
| But, oh! I value more than these | |
| The smiles of those I love. | | | | |
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