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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 2, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poet's Biography First Line: I thank thee, love, that thou hast overthrown Last Line: My tiny skiff along thy glorious wake. Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth Subject(s): Selfishness | |||
I THANK thee, Love, that thou hast overthrown The tyranny of Self; I would not now Even in desire, possess thee mine alone In land-locked anchorage: nay rather go, Ride the high seas, the fruitless human seas, Where white-winged ships are set for barren shores, Though freighted all, those lovely argosies, And laden with a wealth of rarest stores. Go, draw them after thee, and lead them on With thine own music, to the ideal west, Where, in the youth of ages, vaguely shone The term of all, the Islands of the Blest. I too dare steer, for once-loved haven's sake, My tiny skiff along thy glorious wake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 3. BY HER AUNT'S GRAVE by THOMAS HARDY TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE CARTER by EDWARD CARPENTER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. I SAW A FAIR HOUSE by EDWARD CARPENTER THE MAN WITHOUT THE HOE by J. GORDON COOGLER THE VISITOR (2) by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES RENUNICATION by CORINNE CHANDLEE DAVIS EXCULPATION by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A LETTER by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN |
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