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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PACIFIC, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poet's Biography
First Line: Fierce courage his and will straight as a rune
Last Line: Seek new gods though you never greet the old.
Subject(s): Pacific Ocean
First Line: Fierce courage his and will straight as a rune
Last Line: Seek new gods though you never greet the old.
Subject(s): Pacific Ocean
Fierce courage his and will straight as a Rune,
Who first sailed these vast seas and did not tire.
Unknown to him his haven or his hire,
What reef, what race might wreck him late or soon.
Clear skies above where Venus shone at noon,
Blue waves beneath stained by an Indian dyer;
At night stars dripped from plunging spars like fire,
To wastes of water underneath the moon.
The unknown he explored, home years behind.
And what ahead, oblivious wave, palm isle?
Or, farther still, old loves endeared tenfold?
So sail my soul, a fairer heaven to find,
Whom comfort, safety cannot long beguile,
Seek new gods though you never greet the old.
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STARING AT THE PACIFIC, AND SWIMMING IN IT by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
PACIFIC BEACH by KENNETH REXROTH
PRAYER TO THE PACIFIC by LESLIE MARMON SILKO
SWIMMING IN THE PACIFIC by ROBERT PENN WARREN
BY THE PACIFIC by HERBERT BASHFORD
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A CALL TO PRAYER by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT