Thomas Hood

Here you will find the Poem The Exile of poet Thomas Hood

The Exile

The swallow with summer 
Will wing o'er the seas, 
The wind that I sigh to 
Will visit thy trees. 
The ship that it hastens 
Thy ports will contain, 
But me!?I must never 
See England again! 
There's many that weep there, 
But one weeps alone, 
For the tears that are falling 
So far from her own; 
So far from thy own, love, 
We know not our pain; 
If death is between us, 
Or only the main. 
When the white cloud reclines 
On the verge of the sea, 
I fancy the white cliffs, 
And dream upon thee; 
But the cloud spreads its wings 
To the blue heav'n and flies. 
We never shall meet, love, 
Except in the skies!