I Travelled Among Unknown Men

I travelled among unknown men

In lands beyond the sea;

Nor, England! did I know till then

What love I bore to thee



'Tis past, that melancholy dream!

Nor will I quit thy shore

A second time, for still I seem

To love thee more and more



Among thy mountains did I feel

The joy of my desire;

And she I cherished turned her wheel

Beside an English fire



Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed

The bowers where Lucy played

And thine too is the last green field

That Lucy's eyes surveyed