Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ULYSSES, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover Last Line: The way that old ulysses used to do. Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Ulysses; Odysseus | ||||||||
Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover Who sought for high adventure about the sounding sea, Who roistered and philandered and fought the wide world over, And lived a life tempestuous and free. Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover, While I am but a stay-at-home with never chance to flee, But when I dream of wandering the wide world blithely over The spirit of Ulysses wakes in me. Ulysses was a rover, a roamer and a rover, And when my hopes are realized and all my dreams come true, I'll roister and philander and fight the wide world over The way that old Ulysses used to do. | Other Poems of Interest...CALYPSO'S ISLAND by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE SAIL OF ULYSSES by WALLACE STEVENS ULYSSES AND THE SIREN by SAMUEL DANIEL |
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