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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENOUGH, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography
First Line: Long we'd sought for avalon
Last Line: The oars—yea, and yearned.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Avalon (legend); Sea; Ocean
First Line: Long we'd sought for avalon
Last Line: The oars—yea, and yearned.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox
Subject(s): Avalon (legend); Sea; Ocean
"Enough for you," said he, "that ye from afar have viewed this goodly thing that
all that many may never espy."—How They Quested, etc.
LONG we'd sought for Avalon,
Avalon the rest place;
Long, long we'd laboured
The oars—yea, for years.
Late, late one eventide
Saw we o'er still waters
Turrets rise and roof-frets
Golden in a glory,
Heard for a heart-beat
Women choirs and harpings
Waft down the wave-ways.
Saw we long-sought Avalon
Sink thro' still waters:
Long, long we'd laboured
The oars—yea, and yearned.
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