Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PATH OF GOLD, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL


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THE PATH OF GOLD, by                    
First Line: Dawn on the world's new shores. The path
Last Line: O path of gold to human destiny!
Subject(s): Freedom; Sailing & Sailors; Seashore; Liberty; Seamen; Sails; Beach; Coast; Shore


Dawn on the world's new shores. The path
Of rippled gold runs straight, runs fine,
In from the sun-touched, lifting water-line;
Straight in across the waking dawn-burst sweet,
To break at last at eager flying feet
Threading the uplands wild, uncloistered, free.

Dawn on the world's new shores. The path
Of gold runs straight, runs rippled and runs fine,
In from the cold, dark, moving water-line;
Runs under white sails coming with the dawn,
In to the new shores beckoning on
To Freedom's right and opportunity.

Dawn on the new world-shores. A path
Of gold runs straight, runs steady, and runs fine
Straight back across the threatened water-line;
Back under the star-served, waiting battle-line;
Runs minted, red, out to the new world-dawn,
Out to a new world-dream and beckoning on
To Freedom's right and opportunity—
O path of gold to human destiny!





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