Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 296
dsdom of age, And be cheerd by the sallies of j-outh. Ye winds that have made me yom sport. Convey to this desolate shoreSome cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more !My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ?Oh, tell me I yet have a friend. Though a… … When I think of my own native land,In a moment I seem to be there; But alas ! recollection at handSoon hurries me back to despair. 278 THE SOLITUDE OF ALEXANDER SELKIBK —But the seafowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair,Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin…
English poetry · Children's poetry
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