And lakes most peaceful? ’Tis the land of

Evermore.

2 Very far off its marble cities seem—

Very far off—beyond our sensual dream—

Its woods, unruffled by the wild wind’s roar:

Yet does the turbulent surge

Howl on its very verge.

One moment—and we breathe within the

Evermore.

3 They whom we loved and lost so long ago,