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ARABY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: DARK-BROWED SAILOR, TELL ME NOW
Last Line: AH, HEART-BEGUILING ARABY!

'Dark-browed Sailor, tell me now,
Where, where is Araby?
The tide's aflow, the wind ablow,
'Tis I who pine for Araby.'

'Master, she her spices showers
O'er nine and ninety leagues of sea;
The laden air breathes faint and rare --
Dreams on far-distant Araby.'

'Oh, but Sailor, tell me true;
'Twas Man who mapped this Araby;
Though dangers brew, let me and you
Embark this night for Araby. . . .'

Wails the wind from star to star;
Rock the loud waves their dirge: and, see!
Through foam and wrack, a boat drifts back:
Ah, heart-beguiling Araby!



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