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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DERELICT, by LUCIUS HARWOOD FOOTE First Line: Unmoored, unmanned, unheeded on the deep Last Line: Her battered hulk is heaving to and fro. | |||
UNMOORED, unmanned, unheeded on the deep -- Tossed by the restless billow and the breeze, It drifts o'er sultry leagues of tropic seas, Where long Pacific surges swell and sweep. When pale-faced stars their silent watches keep, From their far rhythmic spheres, the Pleiades, In calm beatitude and tranquil ease, Smile sweetly down upon its cradled sleep. Erewhile, with anchor housed and sails unfurled, We saw the stout ship breast the open main, To round the Stormy Cape, and span the world, In search of ventures which betoken gain. To-day, somewhere, on some far sea, we know Her battered hulk is heaving to and fro. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EL VAQUERO by LUCIUS HARWOOD FOOTE ON THE HEIGHTS by LUCIUS HARWOOD FOOTE POETRY by LUCIUS HARWOOD FOOTE SUTTER'S FORT, SACRAMENTO by LUCIUS HARWOOD FOOTE THE CITY OF GOD by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1822-1882) DIVINA COMMEDIA (INTRODUCTORY POEMS): 1 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW OFF MESOLONGI by ALFRED AUSTIN |
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