Along my father’s dykes I roam again,
Among the willows by the river-side.
These miles of green I know from hill to tide
And every creek and river’s ruddy stain.
Neglected long and shunned our dead have lain,
Here where a people’s dearest hope had died.
Alone of all their children scattered wide,
I scan the sad memorials that remain.
The dykes wave with the grass, but not for me;
The oxen stir not while this stranger calls.
From these new homes upon the green hill-side,
Where speech is strange and a new people free,
No voice cries out in welcome; for these halls
Give food and shelter where I may not bide.
(John Frederic Herbin)
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