Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SEA AND THE DESERT, by EDWARD COLLINS DOWNING



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THE SEA AND THE DESERT, by                    
First Line: The sea / and the desert hate each other
Last Line: With barrenness and heat and thirst.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Sea; Ocean


The sea
And the desert hate each other
Viciously.

The sea
Would sweep
Away
The dykes that keep
Its waves at bay.

The desert would resist
The tyranny
Of sea
And mist,
Though it were cursed
With barrenness and heat and thirst.





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