ON THE EDGE OF THE WILDERNESS
PUELLÆ
Whence comest thou, and whither goest thou?
Abide! abide! longer the shadows grow;
What hopest thou the dark to thee will show?
Abide! abide! for we are happy here.
AMANS
Why should I name the land across the sea
Wherein I first took hold on misery?
Why should I name the land that flees from me?