Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAREWELL, by LAURA AGNES DEVINE


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First Line: My native land, farewell!
Last Line: My native land, farewell.
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


My native land, farewell!
I can no tribute bring
To crown you king,
But I will tell
The world my love for you.
It may be we shall never meet
And you no more will feel my feet
Treading their youthful way
Across your heart;
But, oh, fond love will make me start
When in some distant town
I hear your name praised and renowned.
Then all the wisdom I have learned
Upon your plains, will quick return
And make me sigh
A little while, for joys gone by.

You may not miss me much, dear land,
But let the view, from where I stand
Today, cherish some fond remembrance
Of my childhood's glance,
Cherish and keep a welcome warm
If I return.
When age shall steal my youth and mirth
And I, returning to this earth,
No more shall dream of friends and lands,
I hope to rest in the warm sands
Where shines your desert sun.
But now the warmth of blood says, "On --
Adventure while you may!"
And I must travel far away . . .
My native land, farewell.





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