Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SONG OF THE FIGURE-HEAD, by ROBERT D'HUMIERES


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THE SONG OF THE FIGURE-HEAD, by                    
First Line: I am young adventure's lover and I vaunt
Last Line: Immortal thirsting for infinity.
Subject(s): Immortality


I AM Young Adventure's Lover and I vaunt
In spousal chorus to the salt sea's surge
Thee Son of Flesh and Spirit will I urge
To unwind the girdle the horizons flaunt.
Not horror nor the lightning's lash can daunt
The never-swerving brows that bear their scourge,
Though the masts groan aghast. The Future's verge
Calls to me and the unfathomed waters chaunt.

The cordage creaks, and craven is the hull;
The tree dreams of the land in every lull:
Aloof, sublime, entranced, to the wide sky
I lift a gaze no mirages can quell
And lips deep-carven with the unquenchable
Immortal thirsting for infinity.





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