Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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AWAY! OH, AWAY! |
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AWAY! OH, AWAY!
Away! Oh, away! o'er the bounding waves,
Since my heart the wild freshness of ocean craves;
For the land, for the land, it wearieth those
Who have but cold apathy's gloom for repose!
Since my heart the wild freshness of ocean craves;
For the land, for the land, it wearieth those
Who have but cold apathy's gloom for repose!
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On the dark bounding waves, Oh! away then, away,
On the shore let the happy and hopeful ones stay;
The restless, the wretched, the hopeless must fly
To the wild rolling waves—to the swift clouding sky.
On the shore let the happy and hopeful ones stay;
The restless, the wretched, the hopeless must fly
To the wild rolling waves—to the swift clouding sky.
The strife of their souls they must seek to forget,
In the stern strife of nature, and yet—surely yet—
It were better to battle with sorrow and care—
Not to shun, not to leave, but to meet it and bear!
In the stern strife of nature, and yet—surely yet—
It were better to battle with sorrow and care—
Not to shun, not to leave, but to meet it and bear!
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