Songs from Vagabondia

<h3><SPAN name="A_SONG_BY_THE_SHORE" name="A_SONG_BY_THE_SHORE"></SPAN>A SONG BY THE SHORE.</h3> <p>"Lose and love" is love's first art; <br/>So it was with thee and me, <br/>For I first beheld thy heart <br/>On the night I last saw thee. <br/>Pine-woods and mysteries! <br/>Sea-sands and sorrows! <br/>Hearts fluttered by a breeze <br/>That bodes dark morrows, morrows,&mdash; <br/>Bodes dark morrows! <br/> <br/>Moonlight in sweet overflow <br/>Poured upon the earth and sea! <br/>Lovelight with intenser glow <br/>In the deeps of thee and me! <br/>Clasped hands and silences! <br/>Hearts faint and throbbing! <br/>The weak wind sighing in the trees! <br/>The strong surf sobbing, sobbing,&mdash; <br/>The strong surf sobbing!</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />