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In Exile.
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They came as lovers come, all else forsaking,
The bonds of home and kindred proudly breaking;
 They lie in splendour lone—
The nation of their making
 Their everlasting throne!

Arthur H. Adams.

XI.

In Exile.

I.

The sea is a lonely thing
 Dwelling apart.
Lonely are you and I,
 Heart of my heart.

Lonely the mountain-top
 Stands in the sky.
Sundered as peak and sea
 Are you and I.

The mountains cannot move,
 The sea must stay.
Ruled is the world. We, too,
 We must obey.

II.

The steady stars of Heaven
 Look down into the brook;
Up from the brook to Heaven
 The stars as steady look.


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