Lyonesse by the Sea

      O I have been to Lyonnesse
      One hundred miles away;
      I have been gone to Lyonesse
      For many and many a day.
5     When I returned from Lyonnesse
      Upon a rainy day,
      I found my town and found my home
      Had changed while I was away.
      In what way all things had changed
10    I'd be hard-pressed to say,
      But things that were things
           were no longer things
      Since I had been away.
      My regret is long
15    Where I once belonged
      And hardly can I see
      When the hours gong
      What is left of what I've left
      In Lyonnesse by the Sea
20    And what at home from where I'd gone
      Is left of what has been.

 

From the collection "The Soft Assault"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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