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Poem for a Decorative Panel / We should have a land of sun, / Of gorgeous sun, / And a land of fragrant water / Where the twilight / Is a soft bandanna handkerchief / Of rose and gold, / And not this land where life is cold.
We should have a land of trees, / Of tall thick trees / Bowed down with chattering parrots / Brilliant as the day, / And not this land where birds are grey.
Ah, we should have a land of joy, / Of love and joy and wine and song, / And not this land where joy is wrong.
Oh, sweet, away!
Ah, my beloved one, away!