| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 298. Beyond all Shores and Seas |
| By Jane Barlow (b. 1857) |
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| LIES yet a well of wonder | |
| All shores and seas beyond, | |
| Where shines that dimness under, | |
| More deep than in a dream, | |
| Full many a diamond | 5 |
| With elfin gleam, | |
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| Glows up the glimmering water | |
| Full many a ruby’s fire: | |
| If ever an earth-born daughter | |
| Their wizard light behold, | 10 |
| She may no more desire | |
| Our gems and gold. | |
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| Nay, some in sooth, who only | |
| Adream thereon did gaze, | |
| Thenceforth fare wandering lonely, | 15 |
| And seek with sorrow vain | |
| The glory of such rays | |
| To find again. | |
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| Oft, oft, high-heavenward turning | |
| The quivering stars have conned, | 20 |
| Or watched the wide west burning | |
| Nor shall their hearts appease, | |
| Whose hope lies hid beyond | |
| All shores and seas. | |
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