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TO HARRIET SHELLEY by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE

First Line: AS SOME BLITHE SCHOONER SAILING ON THE BREAST
Last Line: THE SILENT DARK THEREAFTER TO INHERIT!
Subject(s): FATE; MARRIAGE; POETRY & POETS; SAILING & SAILORS; SHELLEY, HARRIET WESTBROOK; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822); TRAVEL; DESTINY; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES; SEAMEN; SAILS; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;

@2A@1S some blithe schooner sailing on the breast
Of ocean, thrilled by the sheer voyaging,
Heedless that wave and wind must hourly bring
Her near and nearer to the haven-rest;—
Yard-arms akimbo, carelessness confest,
Dancing through worlds of water, white of wing
And light of heart;—finds harbour, wondering
Where now the roar, the rigour and the zest;

Creature of chance, so was it with thy life,
Who knew not, hardly loved, the element
Upbearing thee, but, glad to be a wife,
Took little thought @3whither@1 the compass bent,—
Crossing the troubled deep of Shelley's spirit,
The silent Dark thereafter to inherit!



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