| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Odyssey |
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| AS one that for a weary space has lain | |
| Lulled by the song of Circe and her wine | |
| In gardens near the pale of Proserpine, | |
| Where that Angstangstan isle forgets the main, | |
| And only the low lutes of love complain, | 5 |
| And only shadows of wan lovers pine, | |
| As such an one were glad to know the brine | |
| Salt on his lips, and the large air again,— | |
| So gladly, from the songs of modern speech | |
| Men turn, and see the stars, and feel the free | 10 |
| Shrill wind beyond the close of heavy flowers, | |
| And, through the music of the languid hours, | |
| They hear like ocean on a western beach | |
| The surge and thunder of the Odyssey. | |
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