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Far far away over land and sea	A
When Winter comes with his cold cold breath	B
And chills the flowers to the sleep of death	B
Far far away over land and sea	A
Like a band of spirits the Passage birds flee	A
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Round the old grey spire in the evening calm	C
No more they circle in sportive glee	A
Hearing the hum of the vesper psalm	D
And the swell of the organ so far below	E
But far far away over land and sea	A
In the still mid air the swift Passage birds go	E
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Over the earth that is scarcely seen	F
Through the curtain of vapour that waves between	F
O'er city and hamlet o'er hill and plain	G
O'er forest green and o'er mountain hoar	H
They flit like shadows and pass the shore	H
And wing their way o'er the pathless main	G
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There is no rest for the weary wing	I
No quivering bough where the feet can cling	I
To the North to the South to the East to the West	J
The ocean lies with its heaving breast	J
Within it without it there is no rest	J
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The tempest gathers beneath them far	K
The Wind god rides on his battle car	K
And the roar of the thunder the lightning flash	L
Break on the waves with a sullen crash	L
But Silence reigns where the Passage birds fly	M
And o'er them stretches the clear blue sky	M
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The day wears out and the starry night	N
Hushes the world to sleep to sleep	O
The dew shower falls in the still moonlight	N
And none wake now save those who weep	O
But rustling on through the starry night	N
Like a band of spirits the Passage birds flee	A
Cleaving the darkness above the sea	A
Swift and straight as an arrow's flight	N
Is the wind their guide through the trackless sky	M
For here there's no landmark to travel by	M
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The first faint streak of the morning glows	P
Like the feeble blush on the budding rose	P
And in long grey lines the clouds divide	Q
And march away with retreating Night	N
Whilst the bright gleams of victorious Light	N
Follow them goldenly far and wide	Q
And when the mists have all pass'd away	R
And left the heavens serene and clear	S
As an eye that has never shed a tear	T
And the universe basks in the smile of Day	R
Dreamy and still and the sleepy breeze	U
Lazily moves o'er the glassy seas	U
The Passage birds flit o'er the disc of noon	V
Like shadows across a mirror's face	W
For now their journey wanes apace	W
And the realms of Summer they'll enter soon	V
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The land looms far through the waters blue	X
The Land of Promise the Land of Rest	J
Through cloud and storm they have travell'd true	X
And joy thrills now in each throbbing breast	J
Down they sink with a wheeling flight	N
Whilst the song of birds comes floating high	M
And they pass the lark in the sunny sky	M
But down without pausing down they fly	M
Their travel is over their Summer shines bright	N

Walter R. Cassels

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