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THE VIKING'S SONG by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT

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First Line: WHEN I THY LOVER FIRST
Last Line: DESIRE THAT WELCOMES MINE.
WHEN I thy lover first
Shook out my canvas free
And like a pirate burst
Into that dreaming sea,
The land knew no such thirst
As then tormented me.

Now when at eve returned
I near that shore divine,
Where once but watch-fires burned
I see thy beacon shine,
And know the land hath learned
Desire that welcomes mine.



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