Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WITH THE AIR-FLEETS, by THOMAS WALSH


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WITH THE AIR-FLEETS, by                    
First Line: We swing to the ultimate offing
Last Line: And homeward draw back?
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): God; Heaven; Paradise


WE swing to the ultimate offing,—
But our anchor is dug in a star;
The while the black squads of the scoffing
Go battling afar
To The Infinite,—such is their boasting—
His riddle to read,—
As urchins the precipice coasting—
To face Him indeed.
See them pass!—like the flocking of ravens!
Do they reach unto Godhead?—Who knows?
From out of their spaces or havens
No signals disclose!
But the star pulls hard at our cable,—
Shall we loose on their track?
Or leave them to madness and fable,
And homeward draw back?





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