FAR from home alone I wander Over mountain and pathless wave, But the fair land that shineth yonder Claimeth the love that erst it gave. Golden Land, so far, so nearing! Land of those who wait for me! Ever brighter the vision cheering, Golden Land, I haste to thee! On my path a golden sunlight Softly falls where'er I roam, And I know it is the one light Both of exile and of home. Golden Land, so far, so near, On my heart engraven clear, Though I wander from strand to strand, Dwells my heart in that Golden Land. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE TO THE CHURCH by TIMOTHY DWIGHT CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE SPIRES OF OXFORD by WINIFRED MARY LETTS THE TWO RABBIS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE SHEPHERD-BOY AND THE WOLF by AESOP THE EWE-BUCHTIN'S BONNIE by GRISELL BAILLIE THE SHADOW by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |