More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman;Richard Hovey
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Heart of me, whither a-wing?
"Give me some!" Clutch the first handful, Hungering rover of earth! How I devour and kiss them, Beauties that brought me to birth, Away in the great north country, The land of the lonely sun, Where God has few for his fellows, And the wolves of the snowdrift run. Once more to the frost-bound valley Comes April with rain in her jar; I can hear the vesper sparrow Under the silver star. And many and dear and gracious Are the dreams that walk at my side From the land of the lingering shadows, As out of the throng I stride. Oh, well for you, mere onlooker, Who drift through the world's great mart! But we of the human sorrow Have a joy beyond your art. |
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