Guernsey! to me and in my partial eyes
Thou art a holy and enchanted isle,
Where I would linger long, and muse the while
On ancient thoughts and solemn memories,
Quickening the tender tear or pensive smile:
Guernsey! for nearly thrice a hundred years
Home of my fathers! refuge from their fears,
And haven to their hope,— when long of yore
Fleeing Imperial Charles and bloody Rome,
Protestant martyrs, to thy seagirt shore
They came to seek a temple and a home,
And found thee generous,— I their son would pour
My heartfull all of praise and thanks to thee,
Island of welcomes,— friendly, frank, and free!
(Martin Farquhar Tupper)
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