Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A RETURN, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL


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First Line: We turned back mad from the mystic
Last Line: But joy as an arctic sun went down.
Alternate Author Name(s): A. E.
Subject(s): Mountains; Nature; Hills; Downs (great Britain)


WE turned back mad from the mystic mountains,
All foamed with red and with elfin gold:
Up from the heart of the twilight's fountains
The fires enchanted were starward rolled.

We turned back mad: we thought of the morrow,
The iron clang of the far-away town:
We could not weep in our bitter sorrow,
But joy as an Arctic sun went down.





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