Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA SONG, by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING (1817-1901) Poet's Biography First Line: Our boat to the waves go free Last Line: Fear not we the whirl of the gale. Alternate Author Name(s): Channing Ii, William Ellery Subject(s): Sea; Ships & Shipping; Storms; Ocean | ||||||||
OUR boat to the waves go free, By the bending tide, where the curled wave breaks, Like the track of the wind on the white snowflakes: Away, away! 'T is a path o'er the sea. Blasts may rave, -- spread the sail, For our spirits can wrest the power from the wind, And the gray clouds yield to the sunny mind, Fear not we the whirl of the gale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS HYMN OF THE EARTH by WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING (1817-1901) |
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