FAR away! -- my home is far away, Where the blue sea laves a mountain-shore; In the woods I hear my brothers play, 'Midst the flowers my sister sings once more, Far away! Far away! -- my dreams are far away, When at midnight stars and shadows reign! "Gentle child!" my mother seems to say "Follow me where home shall smile again, Far away!" Far away! -- my hope is far away, Where love's voice young gladness may restore. -- O thou dove! now soaring through the day, Lend me wings to reach that better shore, Far away! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN by JAMES GALVIN THE POOR-HOUSE by SARA TEASDALE THE TURNSTILE by WILLIAM BARNES A THOUGHT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE VOICE OF THE BANJO by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON THE EMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND PEOPLING WESTERN COUNTRY by PHILIP FRENEAU |