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RIVERSONG Lyrics by Robert Macfarlane

2024

River's song is ebb and flow, flow and ebb—
Deep pool and shallow bed,
Salt and fresh, eddy, current
Spiral, tongue and blue, blue torrent—
River rises as spring and source,
River pools as lake and loch,
River plunges as fall and force,
For River is the path that walks.
But they gave the orders
and turned the waters
To sink and sump,
stink and dump, from hill to sea;
Suits and boardrooms
made ghosts of gods,
Turned River's songs to elegies.
Let silver River
Run quick and quicker
Far and nearer, once and ever,
Clear and clearer—
So gather the waters, sons and daughters,
Braid the currents and weave the flows,
Let River shiver you from skin to bone—
For River's song is the song of songs
And River's will is stronger than stone.
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Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane

About “RIVERSONG” by Robert Macfarlane

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