Rainbows Sing

… It is not only in the rose,

… it is not only in the bird,

Not only where the rainbow glows,

… Nor in the song of woman heard,
But in the darkest, meanest things,

… there always, always something sings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, excerpt from “Music”

... It is not only in the rose, ... it is not only in the bird, Not only where the rainbow glows, ... Nor in the song of woman heard, But in the darkest, meanest things, ... there always, always something sings. Ralph Waldo Emerson, excerpt from "Music"