Classic Poem

Dear mother earth, farewell!
From this sequestered spot,
From this Andean dell,
I go—the wanderer's lot.
For through the ether fall
Voices my ear can tell;
The dark blue waters call;
Dear mother earth, farewell!

Dear mother earth, farewell!
The nymphs of ocean call,
A message they would tell,
Their arms about me fall
I go—the wanderer's lot,
From this Andean dell,
From this sequestered spot.
Dear mother earth, farewell!