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Through the wild night the silence and the dark	A
Through league on league of the uncharted sky	B
Lonelier than dove of fable from its ark	A
The fieldfares fly	B
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Mate with his tiny mate and younglings frail	C
That only knew the crevice of their tree	D
Until in faith stupendous they set sail	C
Across the sea	D
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The black North Sea that takes such savage toll	E
Of ships and men and yet could not appal	E
These little mariners who seek their goal	E
Beyond it all	E
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Turning those soft indomitable breasts	F
To meet the unchained Titans of the deep	G
Calm as if cradled in Norwegian nests	F
Their course they keep	G
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No more than thistledown or flake of snow	H
To those great gods at play they win the game	I
Never sped archer's arrow from his bow	J
With surer aim	I
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Still tossed and scattered their unwinking eyes	K
Point to that pole unseen where wanderings cease	L
Still on they press and warble to the skies	K
With hearts at peace	L
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Scenting the English morning in the air	M
Through the salt night ere any morning wakes	N
The perfumed fields the dun woods sere and bare	M
The brambly brakes	N
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The well loved orchard with its hawthorn hedge	O
Where luscious berries red and brown are found	P
The misty miles of water mead and sedge	O
Where gnats abound	P
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But what is this 'twixt sea and surf bound shore	Q
What form stands there amid the shadows gray	R
With flaming blade that smites them as they soar	Q
And bars their way	R
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Hushed are the twittering throats each silken head	S
Turns to the voiceless siren turns and stares	T
By some strange lure of mystery and dread	S
Caught unawares	T
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It draws them on as the magnetic sun	U
Draws vagrant meteors to its burning breast	V
The day is near the harbour all but won	U
That English nest	V
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But here they meet inexorable Fate	W
Here lies a dreadful reef of fire and glass	X
Here stands a glittering sentry at the gate	W
They cannot pass	X
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Confused dismayed they flutter in the gale	E
Those little pinions that have lost their track	Y
The gallant hearts that sped them reel and fail	E
Like ships aback	Y
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Sucked in a magic current like a leaf	Z
Torn from autumnal tree they drift abroad	A2
But ever nearer to the siren reef	Z
The ruthless sword	B2
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On on transfixed and swooning without check	C2
To the lee shore of that bedazzling wall	E
Until they strike and break in utter wreck	C2
And founder all	E
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Brave little wings that sailed the storm so well	E
Trimmed to the set of every wayward blast	D2
Brave little hearts that never storm could quell	E
Beaten at last	D2
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The great sea swallows them and they are gone	E2
For ever gone like bubbles of the foam	F2
And the bright star that lured them shining on	G2
Still points to Home	F2

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