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SANDY STAR: 5. ONUS PROBANDI by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: NO MORE FROM OUT THE SUNSET
Last Line: WITH THE SECRET ON HIS BROW.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
No more from out the sunset,
No more across the foam,
No more across the windy hills
Will Sandy Star come home.

He went away to search it
With a curse upon his tongue:
And in his hand the staff of life,
Made music as it swung.

I wonder if he found it,
And knows the mystery now —
Our Sandy Star who went away,
With the secret on his brow.



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