Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GREETING, by JONAS HALLGRIMSSON


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A GREETING, by                    
First Line: The balmy south a gentle sigh releases
Last Line: For that, dear throstle, is my sweetheart fair.


THE balmy South a gentle sigh releases --
And countless ocean billows, set in motion,
Breathe to my native shores the South's devotion --
Where strand and hillside feel the kindly breezes.

O give them all at home my fondest greeting,
O'er hill and dale a sacred peace and blessing.
Ye billows, pass the fisher's boat caressing;
And warm each youthful cheek, ye south winds fleeting.

Herald of springtime, thou whose instinct free
Pilots thy shiny wings through trackless spaces
To summer haunts to chant thy poems rare,

O greet most fondly, if you chance to see
An angel whom our native costume graces.
For that, dear throstle, is my sweetheart fair.





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