by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)

Give me a land of boughs in leaf  
Language: English 
Give me a land of boughs in leaf,
  A land of trees that stand;
Where trees are fallen, there is grief;
  I love no leafless land.

Alas, the country whence I fare,
  It is where I would stay;
And where I would not, it is there
  That I shall be for aye.

And one remembers and forgets
  But 'tis not found again,
Not though they hale in crimsoned nets
  The sunset from the main.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-13
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Word count: 74