"THEY SEEK A CITY."
This wistful and melodious .little poem appeared ■ in ' 'the?/'Academy 1 ' '.over.V the ' < namo of J(;.JJjjfbet,: - ..Is- 1 The window fall? That, somewherebathes with generouf ; iiro "r. Tho virginal, white oity walls 1 Of my desire.. There all my loves are, all niy dreams, And all tho dawns 1 wish to see; • • Tho quiet that my soul beseems— 1 Tho liberty. Worth of my ardent worship; truth' . ' Followed through' lone and patient days And hardly lost; tho promise youtli, The; wanton, slays. . ' The beauty I behold afar, • ! Toorare, too breathless_to be tcfld; The joy whoso glanoing piuiona are' Too swift to hold. . : ; ; '" - And many a thwarted hou?s design. And many a laboured \hq\irs desert-' Myself, that'lack" of liejrig; mino 1 Doth controvert,' y Ah! me, ah! sun o/ that clear sky, Light; of, tliat untrod • hemisphere Where all, niy life and,'fortune lie— And I' bide'.top!; ; ■■■'■ .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 4
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148"THEY SEEK A CITY." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 4
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