"HE chases shadows," sneered the British tars. "As well fling nets to catch the golden stars As climb the surges of earth's utmost sea." But for the Venice pilot, meagre, wan, His swarthy sons beside him, life began With that slipt cable, when his dream rode free. And Henry, on his battle-wrested throne, The Councils done, would speak in musing tone Of Cabot, not the cargo he might bring. "Man's heart, though morsel scant for hungry crow, Is greater than a world can fill, and so Fair fall the shadow-seekers!" quoth the king. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MEETING by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SAINT BRANDAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 2. TREASURE by ALBERTA BANCROFT THE LOST COLORS by MARY A. BARR |