Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOST LANDS, by CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH


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LOST LANDS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have seen faery lands far out to sea
Last Line: And wonder, as I do, why they must wait!
Subject(s): Atlantis; Avalon (legend); Legends; Mythology - Classical


I have seen faery lands far out to sea
At sunset, when the clouds are quiet and low,
Close clinging to the ocean's rim, aglow
With tints of gold and gilded ivory.
Strangely, they have the look of home to me --
Visions of far away and long ago,
Of deep-lost lands I used to love and know:
Atlantis . . . Avalon . . . Arcady?

Perhaps old friends, lost friends, people those lands,
They that have long forgotten fear and hate.
Perhaps, with smiling lips and outstretched hands,
With welcomes soundless but importunate,
They wait for me upon those luminous strands
And wonder, as I do, why they must wait!





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