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Song: Let Us Go Back

Let us go back together to the hills. 
Weary am I of palaces and courts, 
Weary of words disloyal to my thoughts,—
Come, my belovèd, let us to the hills.

Let us go back together to the land, 
And wander hand in hand upon the heights;
Kings have we seen, and manifold delights,—
Oh, my beloved, let us to the land!

Lone and unshackled, let us to the road 
Which holds enchantment round each hiddenbend, 
Our course uncompassed and our whim its end, 
Our feet once more, belovèd, to the road!

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on June 7, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.

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Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by today’s talented poets each year. Omotara James is the Guest Editor of June. Read or listen to a Q&A with James about her curatorial process, and learn more about the 2025 Guest Editors. Support Poem-a-Day.  

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