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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 4 (July 1, 1937)

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Taking Long Leave.
We drain the year and hurl the cup away,
And splashing stride through shallower tides of time,
We unwanted, heedless of soft song or chime,
Restless in the mother murmur of the day.
My heart, exultant stranger, leading me Is leaping to the hidden, luring cry Of a wind-wild spirit, calling from the sky;
Of the foam-lipped savage, booming from the sea.
Eager at their calling, fretful of the sun
With lips of whispering dreams to haunt my sleep
Until exultant heart another promise keep,
And bride and mother shall I find as one.
Arms enlocked, we'll roam and laugh, we splendid two,
And speak in tongues of winds, with whisper and shout,
The whole but crying—crying, crying out
My wild need of you—my wild need of you.

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