Love
Touching the Land
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
His ship has touched the land: what curses
Rise in my heart to feel him there!
His ship is sailing on to verses
Of lyric passion and of prayer.
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Codex Note
The Fifth Book of Songs
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MLA
Field, Michael. “Touching the Land.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/128/.
Chicago
Field, Michael. “Touching the Land.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/128/.
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