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Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

Florence Wilkinson

The Heart’s Country

HILL people turn to their hills;

Sea-folk are sick for the sea:

Thou art my land and my country,

And my heart calls out for thee.

The bird beats his wings for the open,

The captive burns to be free;

But I—I cry at thy window,

For thou art my liberty.