Social Commentaries

Sonnet: Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald

by Hilaire Belloc 1870–1953

From Sonnets and Verse (1923)

Social Commentaries

Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald
And you my mother the Valley of Arun sing.
Here am I homeward from my wandering
Here am I homeward and my heart is healed.
You my companions whom the World has tired
Come out to greet me. I have found a face
More beautiful than Gardens; more desired
Than boys in exile love their native place.

Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald
And you most ancient Valley of Arun sing.
Here am I homeward from my wandering,
Here am I homeward and my heart is healed.
If I was thirsty, I have heard a spring.
If I was dusty, I have found a field.

MLA

Belloc, Hilaire. “Sonnet: Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/101/.

Chicago

Belloc, Hilaire. “Sonnet: Lift up your hearts in Gumber, laugh the Weald.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/101/.

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