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nd friends cry aghast: "How long must he wait for it?" Young eyes that to-night are darkened for sorrow Shall hail with delight their dear ship to-morrow. Amid the sea-wrack the barque, tempest battered, At length staggers back, like a prodigal tattered! What if she be scarred or scoffers make light of her? Though blemished and marred, how blest is the sight of her! The Tide flows and flows, far past the grey towers; And whispering goes through the wheat and the flowers. And now his pulse takes the calm heart of the valley And lifts, till it shakes, the low bough of the sally. Slow, and more slow is his flow--he has tarried-- The blue Ocean's pilgrim, outwearied, miscarried! Far, far from home, in wandering error, A dim rocky dome beshrouding his mirror. But hark! a voice thrills the traveller erring; In the heart of the hills its sea-call is stirring: And home, ever home, to its passionate pleading, One whirl of white foam, with the ebb he is speeding. "ORA PRO NOBIS" (After Eifion Win, 1867- . He lies as a poet between Elfed and the "New Bards") A sudden shower lashes The darkening pane; The voice of the tempest Is lifted again. The centuried oaks To their very roots rock; And crying, for shelter Course cattle and flock. Our Father, forget not The nestless bird now; The snow is so near, And so bare is the bough! A great flood is flashing Athwart the wide lee; Like a storm-struck encampment, The clouds rend and flee; At the scourge of the storm My cot quakes with affright; Far better the hearth Than the pavement to-night! Our Father, forget not The homeless outcast; So thin is his raiment, So bitter Thy blast! The foam-flakes are whirling Below on the strand, As white as the pages I turn with my hand; And the curlew afar, From his storm-troubled lair, Laments with the cry Of a soul in despair. Our Father, forget not Our mariners' state; Their ships are so slender, Thy seas are so great. A FLOWER-SUNDAY LULLABY (After Eifion Win, the contemporary Welsh poet) Though the blue slab hides our laddy, Slumber, free of fear! Well we know it, I and daddy, Naught can harm you here. You and all the little sleepers, Their small graves within, Have bright angels for door-keepers. Slee
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