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Times more than once, all ways about the world, / Have I clasped hands; waved sorrowful good-bye; / Watched far cliffs fading, till my sea-wake swirled / To mingle bluely with a landless sky: / Then -- even as the sea-drowned cliffs behind -- / Felt sorrow drowning into memory; / And heard, in every thrill of every wind, / New voices welcoming across the sea.
Until it seemed nor land nor love had power / To hold my heart in any firm duress: / Grieving, I sorrowed but a little hour; / Loving, I knew desire's sure faithfulness: / Until, by many a love dissatisfied, / Of each mistrustful and to each untrue, / I found -- as one who, having long denied, / Finds faith at last -- this greater Love, in you.