Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON LEAVE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: I have reached a green, green island
Last Line: I have touched at the isle of the blest.
Subject(s): Grief; Islands; Rivers; Sea; Sorrow; Sadness; Ocean


I have reached a green, green island
In a sea without a shore.
Behind the grey waves crumble,
And I will not look before.

Here there are music and leisure
And the touch of a tender hand;
Here is my golden river
And the warm, wide river land.

I am safe to-day, if never;
They have given me love and rest;
Sailing the sea of sorrow
I have touched at the isle of the blest.





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