Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WISHES, by EDWARD BLISS REED


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First Line: Could I, with joshua of old
Last Line: We shall be cruising still.
Subject(s): Cruise Ships; Sailing & Sailors; Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore


Could I, with Joshua of old,
Command the restless stars at will,
Shout to the sun and bid it hold,
We should be cruising still.

On we should sail from reach to reach
Nor care to skirt the wooded shore;
Past island cliffs and sunny beach,
Then out to sea once more.

Through warmer oceans, faring south
Where the green, shining islands stand,
We'd sail up some strange river's mouth
And anchor near the land.

There birds of every sunset-hue
Chatter and dart from tree to tree.
Content, we'd watch the long day through
Nature's gay pageantry.

The call of trade, the factories drown
All Nature's voices; here the din
Of this drab, cheerless, selfish town
Deadens the song within.

Give to me, then, for one brief day,
The power to hold the sun at will,
On seas a thousand leagues away
We shall be cruising still.





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