On their Departure to Europe GOOD-BYE, and may your journey be Through nights with pleasant stars above, And may your days upon the sea Your souls with wonder fill and move. By night the lyric-light of stars, By day the pulsing tidal wars. And may you safely reach the port Where sweet the old-world dreams repose In garden, vale, and palace-court, Where long ago the sounds arose Of feudal strife -- and song took wing -- When men were brave, and Love was King. And when you shall have made your stay Through summer-moons that filled and waned, May westward autumn lead your way Untroubled, fill your home is gained. So may propitious fortune keep And bring you safely o'er the deep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 100 by OMAR KHAYYAM WESTWARD BOUND by BETSY H. ASHMORE READING LESSON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SONG OF SUN SETTING by JANE BARLOW |