CAN it be that never more <br />Men will grow on Islands? <br />Ithaka and Eriskey, <br />Iceland and Tahiti! <br />Must the engines he has forged <br />Raven so for spaces <br />That the Islands dwindle down, <br />Dwindle down! <br />Pots that shelve the tap-root's growth? <br />Must it be that never more <br />Men will flower on Islands? <br />Crete and Corsica, Mitylene, <br />Aran and lona!<br /><br />Padraic Colum<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/men-on-islands/
