Henry Lawson

“ One quick, fierce kiss across the rail,
And, "Good-bye, Mary!" "Good-bye, Jim!"
Oh, he rides hard to race the pain
Who rides from love, who rides from home;
But he rides slowly home again,
Whose heart has learnt to love and roam. ”

“ Who rides from one that loves him best;
And he rides slowly back again,
Whose restless heart must rove for rest.
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