Of earthly song in happiest vagrancy
To pluck the blossom of a thousand hopes.
Let us together drain the wide world’s cup
With gladness brimméd up!’
And one said, ‘I would pray to go with thee
When sorrow claims thee; I would fence thy heart
With mine against all anguish; I would be
The comforter and healer of thy smart;
And I would count it all the wide world’s gain
To spare or share thy pain!’
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Wan white mists upon the sea,
All the sunken reefs along,Wail and heart-break in its song,But adown the placid bayFisher-folk keep holiday.All the deeps beyond the barCall and murmur from afar,‘Plaining of a mighty woeWhere the great ships come and go,But adown the harbor grayFisher-folk keep holiday.When the cloudy heavens frown,And the sweeping rain comes down,Boats at anchorage must bideIn despite…
There’s a piping wind from a sunrise shore
There’s a joyous voice in the lapsing tideThat calls enticingly;The mist of dawn has taken flightTo the dim horizon’s bound,And with wide sails set and eager heartsWe’re off to the fishing ground.Ho, comrades mine, how that brave wind singsLike a great sea-harp afar!We whistle its wild notes back to itAs we cross the harbor bar.Behind…
Out of the fires of the sunset come we again to our own
Still to our battered canvas the scents of the spice gales cling,And our hearts are swelling within us as we cross the harbor bar.Beyond are the dusky hills where the twilight hangs in the pine trees,Below are the lights of home where are watching the tender eyesWe have dreamed of on fretted seas in the…
A pale enchanted moon is sinking low
And there is haunted starlight on the flowOf immemorial sea.I am alone and need no more pretendLaughter or smile to hide a hungry heart;I walk with solitude as with a friendEnfolded and apart.We tread an eerie road across the moorWhere shadows weave upon their ghostly looms,And winds sing an old lyric that might lureSad queens…
I
Over land and seaMy thoughts will companion you;With yours shall my laughter chime,And my step keep timeIn the dusk and dewWith yours in blithesome rhyme;In all of your joy shall I rejoice,On my lips your sorrow shall find a voice,And when your tears in bitterness fallMine shall mingle with them all;With you in waking and…
I sought for my happiness over the world,
I sought it on mountain and desert and sea,I asked it of east and of west.I sought it in beautiful cities of men,On shores that were sunny and blue,And laughter and lyric and pleasure were mineIn palaces wondrous to view;Oh, the world gave me much to my plea and my prayerBut never I found aught…