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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODYSSEUS AT OGYGIA, by HARRY SINCLAIR LEWIS Poet's Biography
First Line: Against the evening sky with arms outstretched to welcome me
Last Line: The oars bend nigh to breaking, as we near the long sought home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Sinclair
Subject(s): Calypso (mythology); Yale University
First Line: Against the evening sky with arms outstretched to welcome me
Last Line: The oars bend nigh to breaking, as we near the long sought home.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Sinclair
Subject(s): Calypso (mythology); Yale University
AGAINST the evening sky with arms outstretched to welcome me,
Above the long grass-waving slope, she stands. -- Penelope?
Ah, no; why must my thoughts of Ithaca befool me yet?
It is Calypso. Fond old eyes, you evermore forget.
Calypso's warm moist kiss and salt tears mingle on my lips.
And yet I fancy I again am with the tossing ships.
Dim land is seen; my face is flecked with wind-flung briny foam;
The oars bend nigh to breaking, as we near the long sought home.
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