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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FARTHER SHORE, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: We gazed far out upon the lonely main Last Line: And guide my vessel o'er this sea to her! Subject(s): Absence; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Separation; Isolation; Beach; Coast; Shore | |||
WE gazed far out upon the lonely main How often! dreaming of the land that lay Beyond it—England, Brittany, or Spain— Whither the ships passed silently away. But, oh, the change! My vigil I must keep Without her now along a different strand, That rims a vaster, more mysterious, deep, Beyond which lies—no man can say what land! Weeks, months, even year on year, may roll Away and leave me, where I sit alone, To watch, and wonder in my longing soul Whither the white sail of her life is gone. But when at last they call me to embark, And I put forth, and feel the cold wind stir, Be thou, O Christ, my pilot through the dark, And guide my vessel o'er this sea to her! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES A LADY'S PORTRAIT by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |
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