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First Line: Far up at glorian the wind is sighing
Last Line: Nor pay the debt I owe.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kennet Of The Dene, 1st Baron
Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; World War I; First World War


FAR up at Glorian the wind is sighing,
And, as the light grows less,
Across the downland sounds the plovers' crying,
The voice of loneliness.

Thither, from this sad waste of waters streaming,
All the unending night,
My heart returns, to see by Kennet gleaming
One cottage window-light.

Yet for your sake it is that I must roam now,
Dear lands, dear lads I know;
I love you so, I could not stay at home now,
Nor pay the debt I owe.





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