Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONQUEST, by LOUIS LEON DE JEAN First Line: Wake! Bold spirit of columbus! Last Line: Are the boys who sail the breeze. Alternate Author Name(s): Laureate Of The Air Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails | ||||||||
Wake! Bold spirit of Columbus! Rise! Proud shade of Francis Drake! Daniel Boone, Cortez, DeSoto, Cast aside your shroudsawake! There's an element unconquered; There's an ocean none has sailed; There are dangers never dreamed of; There are heights no man has scaled. There are men who grow impatient With this unromantic age; There are men who crave adventure, Men to whom this world's a cage. There are men who roam the jungles; There are men who rove the seas; But the maddest and the gladdest Are the boys who sail the breeze. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAILS OF MURMUR by ANSELM HOLLO THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TOM BOWLING ['S EPITAPH] by CHARLES DIBDIN HOW'S MY BOY? by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER KEEPING UP WITH THE SIGNS by MADELINE DEFREES RAIN ON THE ROOF (1) by COATES KINNEY ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH by JOHN MILTON |
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