The Enchanted Traveller

We travelled empty-handed

With hearts all fear above,

For we ate the bread of friendship,

We drank the wine of love.

Through many a wondrous autumn,

Through many a magic spring,

We hailed the scarlet banners,

We heard the blue-bird sing.

We looked on life and nature

With the eager eyes of youth,

And all we asked or cared for

Was beauty, joy, and truth.

We found no other wisdom,

We learned no other way,

Than the gladness of the morning,

The glory of the day.

So all our earthly treasure

Shall go with us, my dears,

Aboard the Shadow Liner,

Across the sea of years.