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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHIPS, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One by one my dreams come true Last Line: Wandering and unfulfilled and free. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | |||
One by one my dreams come true, Like tired ships into the harbor sailing, With the tide at ebb and the watchers few And the low wind failing. Yet one by one they creep to port Groping in when the fog is blind, -- One lost her cargo in a storm, Another was broken against the wind. My wishes like slow ships return -- But oh let love still rove the sea, Bearing vague thoughts and old desires, Wandering and unfulfilled and free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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