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  (Out with great mirth that do desire Hazard of trackless ways— In with content to wait their watch And warm before the blaze); And some return by failing light, And some in waking dream, For she hears the heels of the dripping ghosts That ride the rough roof-beam. Home, they come home from all the ports, The living and the dead; The good wife's sons come home again For her blessing on their head! 

The Broken Men
 1902 things we never mention, For Art misunderstood— For excellent intention That did not turn to good; From ancient tales' renewing, From clouds we would not clear— Beyond the Law's pursuing We fled, and settled here.

We took no tearful leaving, We bade no long good-byes; Men talked of crime and thieving, Men wrote of fraud and lies. To save our injured feelings 'T was time and time to go— Behind was dock and Dartmoor, Ahead lay Callao! 