Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SEA GYPSY [OR GIPSY], by RICHARD HOVEY


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First Line: I am fevered with the sunset
Last Line: In the wonder of the sea.
Subject(s): Sea Voyages


I AM fevered with the sunset,
I am fretful with the bay,
For the wander-thirst is on me
And my soul is in Cathay.

There 's a schooner in the offing,
With her topsails shot with fire,
And my heart has gone aboard her
For the Islands of Desire.

I must forth again to-morrow!
With the sunset I must be
Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.





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