
Author: William Wordsworth, 1770-1850 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #333 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom Lyrics: 1 Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
and sings a melancholy strain:
O listen! for the vale profound
is overflowing with the sound.
2 Will no one tell me what she sings?
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
for old, unhappy far-off things,
and for the battles long ago.
3 Or is it some more humble lay,
familiar matter of today?
Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
that once has been, may be again?
4 I listened, motionless and still,
and, as I mounted up the hill,
the music in my heart I bore
long after it was heard no more. Languages: English Tune Title: DEVOTION
Alone She Cuts and Binds the Grain