<h3 id="When_as_a_Lad">When as a Lad</h3>
<p> WHEN, as a lad, at break of day<br/>
I watched the fishers sail away,<br/>
My thoughts, like flocking birds, would follow<br/>
Across the curving sky’s blue hollow,<br/>
And on and on—<br/>
Into the very heart of dawn!</p>
<p> For long I searched the world—ah, me!<br/>
I searched the sky, I searched the sea,<br/>
With much of useless grief and rueing<br/>
Those wingéd thoughts of mine pursuing—<br/>
So dear were they,<br/>
So lovely and so far away!</p>
<p> I seek them still and always must<br/>
Until my laggard heart is dust<br/>
And I am free to follow, follow,<br/>
Across the curving sky’s blue hollow,<br/>
Those thoughts too fleet<br/>
For any save the soul’s swift feet!</p>
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