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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OCEAN GREYHOUND, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE First Line: Free from the harbor this huge beauty swings Last Line: Links old to new and meets the nations' need. Subject(s): Greyhounds | |||
FREE from the harbor this huge beauty swings With prow poked seaward to the sunrise lands, The old world with its commerce-clanging strands, Its castle-ruined hills, its courts of kings, Its marts yet steeped in lore of ancient things. How swiftly slips the greyhound from our sands! Out in that choppy sea how strong she stands Defiant of old ocean's thunderings! She rides her thousand leagues of pounding brine As trim as Cossack rides a lawless steed. Behold! in her doth Science give the sign Of perfect mastery, safety, comfort, speed, And she in bridging Neptune's dread confine Links old to new and meets the nations' need. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETH GELERT; OR, THE GRAVE OF THE GREYHOUND by WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER THE PERFECT GREYHOUND by ANONYMOUS NATIVE AMERICAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM by SHERMAN ALEXIE PROPERTIES OF A GOOD GREYHOUND by JULIANA BERNERS TO A BLACK GREYHOUND by JULIAN GRENFELL AT THE INTERSECTION by ANDREA HENY LEAVING THE FIELDS by MARGARET J. HOEHN A MEMORY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |
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