Verse for To-day
Oh! to be wandering there, Under the palm trees, on that sunset shore, Where the waves break in song, and the bright air Is crystal-clear, and peace is ours once more. There the lost wonthr dwells, Beauty, reborn in whiteness from the foam; There youth returns with all its magic spells, And the heart finds its long-for-gotten home. Home — home! Where is that land? Beyond the bounds of earth, the old hungering cry Aches in the soul, drives us from all we planned, And sets our sail to seek another sky. From “Memories of the Pacific Coast,” by Alfred Noyes, 1880-.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27017, 28 February 1949, Page 1
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104Verse for To-day Otago Daily Times, Issue 27017, 28 February 1949, Page 1
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