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Thread #9875 Message #1294169
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Oct-04 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Duna ^^^
Subject: Lyr Add: DUNA (Marjorie Pickthall)
Copied from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/pickthall/pinions/pm-duna.html Note "sailormen" instead of "islands" and that the second halves of the verses were switched in the Gordon Bok version above.
DUNA Marjorie Pickthall, 1913.
When I was a little lad With folly on my lips, Fain was I for journeying All the seas in ships. But now across the southern swell, Every dawn I hear The little streams of Duna Running clear.
When I was a young man, Before my beard was gray, All to ships and sailormen I gave my heart away. But I'm weary of the sea-wind, I'm weary of the foam, And the little stars of Duna Call me home.