English Poetry. Henry Newbolt. The Viking’s Song. Генри Ньюболт.

Henry Newbolt (Генри Ньюболт)

The Viking’s Song

When I thy lover first
  Shook out my canvas free
And like a pirate burst
  Into that dreaming sea,
The land knew no such thirst
  As then tormented me.

Now when at eve returned
  I near that shore divine,
Where once but watch-fires burned
  I see thy beacon shine,
And know the land hath learned
  Desire that welcomes mine.

Henry Newbolt’s other poems:

1. For a Trafalgar Cenotaph
2. The Death of Admiral Blake
3. Waggon Hill
4. A Song of Exmoor
5. Moonset

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