If I Sing Again

If I sing again Let me sing a song like sea immortal And empty of pain When fresh flowers fade and so final If I sing again Let me sing like soft stars universal And never to wane For hope like matter is so temporal If I sing again Let the flight of birds inspire me To soar without disdain From clef to clef of unseen mercy If I sing again Let me be a cataract and child in glee Where joy is never vain For my child, and for all immortality.