Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A NEW ZEALAND REGRET, by ELEANOR ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY First Line: Come! In this cool retreat Last Line: Sung my soul across the sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Singing Shepherd, The Subject(s): Homesickness | ||||||||
COME! in this cool retreat, Under the chestnut's shade, Far from all noise and heat -- Distant and faint the beat Of the great city -- we two have strayed Come, linnet, sing to me, Sing my soul across the sea. Sing! let each rippling note Carry my soul away; Sweeter than wild bird's throat, Backward my memory float, On music's wing my heart convey, Where southern stars in beauty glow, And Egmont lifts her brow of snow. Again I'll see our long lost home Upon Wairoa's grassy plain; Among the fern the cattle roam; With idle rein upon his arm o'erthrown The shepherd guards his flocks again, And his shrill whistle with his dog's bark blends, As down the hill the woolly stream descends. Or now, the early "muster" over, With Jim and Tom I'm slowly riding Through the home-paddock white with clover, And followed close by Nip and Rover, Their warm allegiance now dividing, For Tom's fair sisters here we meet, And welcoming smiles their weary swains do greet. Here in the world's great heart abiding, We two have left the happy isle; Australian grass Tom's face is hiding, Jim in the spirit-land is riding. From weary thoughts my heart beguile! Sing, linnet, sing to me, Sing my soul across the sea. Yes! now my wings I feel, Once more the isle I see; Let sleep my eyelids seal While to those scenes I steal, Borne thus on melody; So sweetly you have sung to me, Sung my soul across the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA by JAMES WRIGHT HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD by ROBERT BROWNING MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER HOMESICK BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES SEVEN TIMES SEVEN [- LONGING FOR HOME] by JEAN INGELOW SONNET: TO L.T. IN FLORENCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ADIEU by ELEANOR ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY |
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