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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ULYSSES, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover
Last Line: The way that old ulysses used to do.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Ulysses; Odysseus
First Line: Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover
Last Line: The way that old ulysses used to do.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Ulysses; Odysseus
Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover
Who sought for high adventure about the sounding sea,
Who roistered and philandered and fought the wide world over,
And lived a life tempestuous and free.
Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover,
While I am but a stay-at-home with never chance to flee,
But when I dream of wandering the wide world blithely over
The spirit of Ulysses wakes in me.
Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover,
And when my hopes are realized and all my dreams come true,
I'll roister and philander and fight the wide world over
The way that old Ulysses used to do.
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