Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume VI. Fancy. 1904. | | | | Poems of Sentiment: IV. Thought: Poetry: Books | | From “The Odyssey” | | Andrew Lang (1844–1912) |
| | Prefacing the Butcher-Lang Translation
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 Ææan 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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