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G. W.
(June 8th, 1913)
Soldier, poet, courtier,
He was these and more than these.
He must go to find his peer,
Over mountains, over seas,
To some starry world afar
Where the constellations are.
He was these and more than these.
He must go to find his peer,
Over mountains, over seas,
To some starry world afar
Where the constellations are.
Traveller from the realms of gold,
Sidney's brother, Raleigh's twin,
From this cynic world and old
Some strange jest hath placed him in,
Eldorado and the morn
Unto these he shall return.
Sidney's brother, Raleigh's twin,
From this cynic world and old
Some strange jest hath placed him in,
Eldorado and the morn
Unto these he shall return.
Whither goest, adventurer,
With the East upon thine eyes,
Stepping with the old blithesome air
On the last splendid enterprise?
Who hast heard the piper play
Over the hills and far away.
With the East upon thine eyes,
Stepping with the old blithesome air
On the last splendid enterprise?
Who hast heard the piper play
Over the hills and far away.
109
Dear Prince Charming, fair and young,
'Scaped from sickness and sad age,
Take a blessing and a song
When thou goest on pilgrimage,
Where the lark goes, high, on high,
The white road thou travellest by.
'Scaped from sickness and sad age,
Take a blessing and a song
When thou goest on pilgrimage,
Where the lark goes, high, on high,
The white road thou travellest by.
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