 | The Poetical Works of (Richard Monckton Milnes) Lord Houghton |  |
(PREFIXED TO PALM LEAVES.)
Eastward roll the orbs of heaven,Westward tend the thoughts of men:
Let the Poet, nature-driven,
Wander Eastward now and then:
There the calm of life comparing
With his Europe's busy fate,
Let him, gladly homeward faring,
Learn to labour and to wait.
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