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New
Poems
by
Charles G.D. Roberts
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WAYFARER
OF EARTH
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UP,
Heart of mine,
Thou wayfarer of earth!
Of seed divine,
Be mindful of thy birth.
Though the flesh faint |
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Through
long-endured constraint
Of nights and days,
Lift up thy praise
To life, that set thee in such strenuous ways,
And left thee not |
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To drowse
and rot
In some thick-perfumed and luxurious plot.
Strong, strong is earth
With vigour for thy feet,
To make thy wayfaring
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Tireless
and fleet.
And good is earth,—
But earth not all thy good,
O thou with seed of suns
And star-fire in thy blood! |
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And though thou feel
The slow clog of the hours
Leaden upon thy heel,
Put forth thy powers.
Thine the deep sky, |
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The
unpreëmpted blue,
The haste of storm,
The hush of dew.
Thine, thine the free
Exalt of star and tree, |
30 |
The
reinless run
Of wind and sun,
The vagrance of the sea. |
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