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• Second Sailing

Land of Light



I have come from a mystical Land of Light
To a Strange Country
The Land I have left is forgotten quite
In the Land I see

Sure as heart-beat all things seem
In this Strange Country
So sure, so still, in a dazzle of dream
All things flow free

Deep as Death is the daily strife
Of this Strange Country
All things thrill up till they blossem in Life
And flutter and flee

Look in mine eyes, O Man I meet
In this Strange Country
Lie in my arms, O Maiden sweet
With thy mouth kiss me

O wondrous Faces that upstart
In this Strange Country
O Souls, O Shades, that become a part
Of my Soul and me

King, with thy crownèd brow
And thy sceptred hand
A straggler too, I vow
From the same strange Land

'Our stay is short, we must fly again
From this Strange Country
But others are growing, women and men
Eternally

King, with thy crowènd brow
And thy sceptred hand
A straggler too, I vow
From the same...

King, with thy crownèd brow
And thy sceptred hand
A straggler too, I vow
From the same strange Land
The Land of Light
Land of Light

I have come from a mystical Land of Light
The Land I have left is forgotten quite
In the Land I see

Sure as heart-beat all things seem
So sure, so still, in a dazzle of dream
All things flow free

Deep as Death is the daily strife
All things thrill up till they blossem in Life
And flutter and flee

Look in mine eyes, O Man I meet
Lie in my arms, O Maiden sweet
With thy mouth kiss me

O wondrous Faces that upstart
O Souls, O Shades, that become a part
Of my Soul and me

'Our stay is short, we must fly again
But others are growing, women and men
Eternally