Poetry
LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE. Where is the land of the heart's desire? The land where men cease to mourn ? Does it rest in the west where suns expire. Or east where the suns are born ? Is it hidden deep where gold rivers flow? Is it high aloft where the sleep winds blow? Or is it between where the laurels grow— This land of the heart's desire? Where is the land of the heart's desire' The land of a hope fulfilled? Goes one forth to the noith where the hills are higher
Or south where the fields are tilled? Is its vastness the stretch of two singing arms ? Are its peaks achievements above alarms? Or are vales of oblivion the chief est charms Of the land of the heart's desire? Where is the land of the heart's desire ? Of what use that the sage should say— So near that the eye and soul aspire. Yet a lifetime meeting of earth and sky; A little beyond where the marsh lights die; Where the desert's mirage wavers lie Is the land of the heart's desire! —Channing Pollock.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 696, 6 October 1909, Page 2
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185Poetry Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 696, 6 October 1909, Page 2
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