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Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

At Night

Alice Meynell (1847–1922)

HOME, home from the horizon far and clear,

Hither the soft wings sweep;

Flocks of the memories of the day draw near

The dovecote doors of sleep.

O, which are they that come through sweetest light

Of all these homing birds?

Which with the straightest and the swiftest flight?

Your words to me, your words!