Living

Duna

by Marjorie Pickthall 1883–1922

From The Lamp of Poor Souls and Other Poems (1916)

Living

When I was a little lad
With folly on my lips,
Fain was I for journeying
All the seas in ships.
But now across the southern swell,
Every dawn I hear
The little streams of Duna
Running clear.

When I was a young man,
Before my beard was grey,
All to ships and sailormen
I gave my heart away.
But I'm weary of the sea-wind,
I'm weary of the foam,
And the little stars of Duna
Call me home.

MLA

Pickthall, Marjorie. “Duna.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pickthall_m/9/.

Chicago

Pickthall, Marjorie. “Duna.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pickthall_m/9/.

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