Youth and the Pilgrim

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<Helen of Troy and Other Poems

Gray pilgrim, you have journeyed far,
      I pray you tell to me
Is there a land where Love is not,
      By shore of any sea?

For I am weary of the god,
      And I would flee from him
Tho' I must take a ship and go
      Beyond the ocean's rim.

"I know a port where Love is not,
      The ship is in your hand,
Then plunge your sword within your breast
      And you will reach the land."