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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I HAVE NOT KNOWN, by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN First Line: I have not known this thing you call the sea Last Line: I should feel wonder ebb away from me. Subject(s): Ghosts; Pirates; Sea Gulls; Ships & Shipping; Storms; Supernatural; Water; Piracy; Buccaneers | |||
I have not known this thing you call the sea, Though I have dreamed of a high rock at night Touched by a green wave and a watery light, And I have wondered how a storm might be That reaches down black fingers to set free Old pirates' ghosts, long buried out of sight, Or if the mystical, imagined flight Of ocean gulls could bear reality. There have been many glories I have known That took my breath at first, and then have grown Commonplace, classified for loss and gain. I think I must not travel from the plain Lest once again, in looking out to sea, I should feel Wonder ebb away from me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET by ROSE TERRY COOKE THE SACK OF BALTIMORE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS HOW WE BURNED THE 'PHILADELPHIA' by BARRETT EASTMAN THE LAST BUCCANEER by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE TARRY BUCCANEER by JOHN MASEFIELD REUBEN JAMES by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE PIRATE STORY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BLOUDIE JACKE OF SHREWSBERRIE; THE SHROPSHIRE BLUEBEARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE WEDDING DAY; OR, THE BUCCANEER'S CURSE; A FAMILY LEGEND by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM BUT TODAY by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN |
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