Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO G. W. C.; AUGUST 1, 1846, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: The day so long remembered comes again Last Line: Whose splendor freshens this memorial day. Subject(s): Sea Voyages | ||||||||
THE day so long remembered comes again. The years have vanished. On the vessel's deck We stand and wave adieux, until a speck Our bark appears to friends whose eyes would fain Follow our voyage o'er the unknown main. Shadows of sails and masts and rigging fleck The sunlit ship. The captain's call and beck Hurry the cheery sailors as they strain The windy sheets; while we in careless mood Gaze on the silver clouds and azure sea, Filled with old ocean's novel solitude, And dream of that new life of Italy, The golden fleece for which we sailed away, Whose splendor freshens this memorial day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV LEAVING FOREVER by DENISE LEVERTOV SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES QE2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY. by RITA DOVE MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM CROSSING THE ATLANTIC by ANNE SEXTON THE INDIA WHARF by SARA TEASDALE CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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