Cover art for The Isle Of Portland by A. E. Housman

The Isle Of Portland

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The Isle Of Portland Lyrics

        
         LIX
        
The star-filled seas are smooth to-night
         From France to England strown;
Black towers above the Portland light
         The felon-quarried stone.
        
On yonder island, not to rise,
         Never to stir forth free,
Far from his folk a dead lad lies
         That once was friends with me.
        
Lie you easy, dream you light,
         And sleep you fast for aye;
And luckier may you find the night
         Than ever you found the day.

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