Classic Poem

Take me back, ye elements,
Take me. Let me be
One with isle and continent,
Air and fire and sea.

Wide a bridge of light is laid
Down to earth and back;
Let a path for me be made
Up its glittering track.

Call to me, ye elements;
Break the band and bar;
Lure me from the lonesome tents
Where the breathless are.

Fling my atoms to and fro;
All their ways control.
Sometime, somewhere, let me know
Starting-place and goal.

Take me back, ye elements,
Take me. Let me be
One with isle and continent,
Air and fire and sea.

Wide a bridge of light is laid
Down to earth and back;
Let a path for me be made
Up its glittering track.

Call to me, ye elements;
Break the band and bar;
Lure me from the lonesome tents
Where the breathless are.

Fling my atoms to and fro;
All their ways control.
Sometime, somewhere, let me know
Starting-place and goal.