<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578814" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Vassal</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WIND of the North, O far, wild wind<br>Born of a far, lone sea--<br>When suns are soft and breezes kind<br>Why are you kin to me?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uncounted years above the sea,<br>Rock-fortressed from its rage,<br>The fishermen, your fathers, kept<br>A barren heritage--<br>Grim as the sea they forced to pay<br>The sea-toll of their wage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And lo! The fate which made you hers<br>And gave you of her best<br>And set you in a sunny place,<br>Down-sloping to the West,<br>Forgot to change your fisher's heart<br>Serf to the sea's unrest!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wind of the North! O bitter wind,<br>I hear the wild seas fret--<br>In the dim spaces of the mind<br>They claim me vassal yet!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Isabel+Ecclestone+Mackay">Isabel Ecclestone Mackay</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=578814" data-title="The Vassal de Isabel Ecclestone Mackay" data-description="WIND of the North, O far, wild wind Born of a far, lone sea-- When suns are soft and breezes kind Why are you kin to me? Uncounted years above the sea, Rock-fortressed from its rage, The fishermen, your fathers, kept A barren heritage-- Grim as t..."></div> </div> </div>

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