<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[Pg 75]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3>XXXV</h3>
<h3><i>In Tonga</i></h3>
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<span class="i0">The windy rain beats, beats about my door—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Alas for love when love goes wandering!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The dawn mist rises on the forest floor—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Alas for life when love goes wandering!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">With wet, green leaves the palm-trees lash the night,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">The pitiless trades drive wild gods in their flight.<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And, ah, my lover! Moons have come and gone,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">The fighting ended, still he lingers on.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Sleepless I hear the demon wind above—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Alas for love when love goes wandering!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And I must wed with one I do not love—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Alas for life when love goes wandering!<br/></span></div>
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