Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | II. Parting and Absence | | “Adieu, adieu! my native shore” | | Lord Byron (1788–1824) |
| | | ADIEU, adieu! my native shore | |
| Fades o’er the waters blue; | |
| The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, | |
| And shrieks the wild sea-mew. | |
| Yon sun that sets upon the sea | 5 |
| We follow in his flight; | |
| Farewell awhile to him and thee, | |
| My native Land—Good Night! | |
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| A few short hours, and he will rise | |
| To give the morrow birth; | 10 |
| And I shall hail the main and skies, | |
| But not my mother earth. | |
| Deserted is my own good hall, | |
| Its hearth is desolate; | |
| Wild weeds are gathering on the wall; | 15 |
| My dog howls at the gate. | | | | |
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