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LYONESSE
In Lyonesse was beauty enough, men say:
Long Summer loaded the orchards to excess,
And fertile lowlands lengthening far away, In Lyonesse.
Long Summer loaded the orchards to excess,
And fertile lowlands lengthening far away, In Lyonesse.
Came a term to that land's old favoredness:
Past the sea-walls, crumbled in thundering spray,
Rolled the green waves, ravening, merciless.
Past the sea-walls, crumbled in thundering spray,
Rolled the green waves, ravening, merciless.
Through bearded boughs immobile in cool decay,
Where sea-bloom covers corroding palaces,
The mermaid glides with a curious glance to-day, In Lyonesse.
Where sea-bloom covers corroding palaces,
The mermaid glides with a curious glance to-day, In Lyonesse.
| Poems by Alan Seeger | |