The Sky-Blue Smiles Above The Roof

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The sky-blue smiles above the roof
  Its tenderest;
A green tree rears above the roof
  Its waving crest.

The church-bell in the windless sky
  Peaceably rings,
A skylark soaring in the sky
  Endlessly sings.

My God, my God, all life is there,
  Simple and sweet;
The soothing bee-hive murmur there
  Comes from the street!

What have you done, O you that weep
  In the glad sun,--
Say, with your youth, you man that weep,
  What have you done?

© Paul Verlaine