Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN A STORM (ON THE BARK 'PESTALLOZI'), by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP


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IN A STORM (ON THE BARK 'PESTALLOZI'), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon this great ship's tilted deck
Last Line: O god, where art thou? ... Here am I!
Subject(s): Sea Voyages; Storms


UPON this great ship's tilted deck
I stand, an undiscerned speck,
And, where the vast, wave-whitened sea
Leaps at the moon enormously
In green-ridged tides, the ship's expanse
Dwindles to insignificance.
Thro' ether, perilously hurled,
Thunders the huge bulk of the world,
Which, in the eyes of other spheres,
Itself a sunlit mote appears.
In turn, all suns and stars in sight
Lessen to needle-pricks of light,
Flung helpless thro' an awful void
Where measures fail, and Time's destroyed ...
And still dost see when sparrows die?
O God, where art Thou? ... Here am I!





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