<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374131" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Adventurer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THE land of gold was far away, <br>The sea a challenge roared between; <br>I left my throne, my crown, my queen, <br>And sailed out of the quiet bay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I met the challenge of the wave, <br>The curses of the winds I mocked: <br>The conquered wave my galley rocked, <br>The wind became my envious slave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I brought much treasure from afar, <br>Spices, and shells, and rich attire; <br>Red rubies, fed with living fire, <br>To lie where all my longings are. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Heavy with spoil my keel ploughed low <br>As slow we sailed into the bay, <br>And long ago seemed yesterday <br>And yesterday looked long ago. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I came in triumph from the sea; <br>Bent was my crown, my courts grown mean, <br>And on my throne a faded queen <br>Raised alien eyes, and looked at me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>'My queen! These rubies let me lay <br>Upon thy heart, as once my head . . .' <br>She smiled pale scorn: 'My heart!' she said, <br>And turned her weary eyes away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edith+Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374131" data-title="The Adventurer de Edith Nesbit" data-description="THE land of gold was far away, The sea a challenge roared between; I left my throne, my crown, my queen, And sailed out of the quiet bay. I met the challenge of the wave, The curses of the winds I mocked: The conquered wave my galley rocke..."></div> </div> </div>

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