Betwixt Two Seas Poems and Ballads (Written at Constantinople and Therapia). By Violet Fane [i.e. M. M. Lamb] |
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BETWIXT TWO SEAS
Betwixt two seas, upon the shore
Of waters blue that dance and gleam,
I roam beneath the shade, and dream
The same old dreams as heretofore;
Of waters blue that dance and gleam,
I roam beneath the shade, and dream
The same old dreams as heretofore;
With stormy menace in each crest
That crowns her restless waves with light,
Beyond the strait, below the height,
The Euxine bares her ruffling breast,
That crowns her restless waves with light,
Beyond the strait, below the height,
The Euxine bares her ruffling breast,
Whilst there, o'er mosque and minaret
That rise against the sunset glow,
Outspread the lands I do not know,
The seas I have not sailed as yet.
That rise against the sunset glow,
Outspread the lands I do not know,
The seas I have not sailed as yet.
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And ever as I muse and dream,
The stream of Life, from sea to sea,
Now dark with drift, now fair and free,
Goes hurrying on like yonder stream,
The stream of Life, from sea to sea,
Now dark with drift, now fair and free,
Goes hurrying on like yonder stream,
Behind, lies Youth's impetuous tide,
Fleck'd with the trace of storms and tears:
This stream is as these midway years
That more untroubled seem to glide,
Fleck'd with the trace of storms and tears:
This stream is as these midway years
That more untroubled seem to glide,
Whilst far beyond all fume and fret,
Beyond the golden sunset glow,
Outspread the lands I do not know,
The seas I have not sailed as yet.
Beyond the golden sunset glow,
Outspread the lands I do not know,
The seas I have not sailed as yet.
Therapia, 1895.
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