Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALONE, by ELIZABETH FREAR


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First Line: Over the trackless sea, from dawn to dawn
Last Line: Fearlessly toward the sunset we shall sail away -- alone.
Subject(s): Sea Voyages; Solitude; Loneliness


Over the trackless sea, from dawn to dawn,
Ever the ships sail on, --
Vessels of many sorts, --
Bearing on sturdy keel, to distant ports,
Peasants and belted earls, -- kings and their courts.
Buffeted sore, and blown,
Yet must each gallant vessel make its destined way -- alone.

Freighter and liner vast, and yacht and yawl, --
Ocean-craft great and small
Follow a guiding star.
Often they sight each other from afar,
Or heed the wireless call, where dangers are.
Yet, though its path be known,
Onward through storm and sunshine each must find its way -- alone.

Out on the restless, changing Sea of Life,
Breasting its waves of strife,
Myriad human souls
Speed over far-flung ways to fated goals.
Many a barque, too frail for deeps and shoals,
Dreading the years' unknown,
Flies a courageous banner as it struggles on -- alone.

Fleets of immortal souls may stem the tide,
Voyaging side by side.
Love is the shining ray,
Lighting the path of duty day by day.
Yet, in a secret chamber, hid away,
Agonies all its own,
Doubts and misunderstandings, every soul must bear -- alone.

Master of Human Ships, who launched them all,
List to our wireless call: --
Send us a beacon light,
So that we be not frightened in the night,
Nor change our course to one that seems more bright.
Then, when the day is done,
Fearlessly toward the sunset we shall sail away -- alone.





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