Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK


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THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where is the unknown country?
Last Line: With willing heart I go.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria


WHERE is the unknown country?"
I whispered sad and slow, --
"The strange and awful country
To which I soon must go, must go,
To which I soon must go?"

Out of the unknown country
A voice sang soft and low: --
"O pleasant is that country
And sweet it is to go, to go,
And sweet it is to go.

"Along the shining country
The peaceful rivers flow:
And in that wondrous country
The tree of life does grow, does grow,
The tree of life does grow."

Ah, then into that country
Of which I nothing know,
The everlasting country,
With willing heart I go, I go,
With willing heart I go.





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