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The Isle Of Portland

A.E. Housman

The star-filled seas are smooth tonight
     From France to England strown;
Black towers above Portland light
     The felon-quarried stone.

On yonder island; not to rise,
     Never to stir forth free,
Far from his folk a dead lad lies
     That once was  friends with me.

Lie you easy, dream you light,
     And sleep you fast for aye;
And luckier may you find the night
     Than you ever found the day.


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Added: 14 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 22 Mar 2010 12:06 AM | Viewed: 2696 times

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