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WHENCE?, by                    
First Line: Will he come to us out of the west
Last Line: My rose-wreath at his feet.'
Subject(s): Absence; Separation;isolation


'WILL he come to us out of the west,
With hair all blowing free?
Will he come, the last and best,
Over the flowing sea,
Prophet of days to be?

Aye, he will come, the unseen choir
Attends his steps with song,
And on his breast a deep-toned lyre,
And on his lips a word like fire,
To burn the ancient wrong.

Bay-crowned, and goodlier than a king,
With voice both strong and sweet,
The song of freedom he will sing,
And I, from out the crowd, shall fling
My rose-wreath at his feet.'





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