Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COURAGE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Hast thou made shipwreck of thy happiness? Last Line: Where a bark went down. Subject(s): Courage; Disasters; Shipwrecks; Valor; Bravery | ||||||||
HAST thou made shipwreck of thy happiness? Yet, if God please, Some humble port awaits thee none the less, In nearer seas, Where thou mayst sleep for utter weariness, If not for ease. The haven dreamed of thou shalt never reach, Though gold its gates, And wide and fair the silver of its beach. For sorrow waits To pilot all whose aims too far outreach, Toward darker straits. Yet so no soul divine thou art astray, On this cliff's crown Plant thou a victor flag ere breaks the day Across night's brown, And none shall guess it doth but point the way Where a bark went down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNLESS IT WAS COURAGE by MARVIN BELL THE QUALITY OF COURAGE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS by ROBERT BLY BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON OH, THE WATER by DORIANNE LAUX A BIRTHDAY SONG by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD |
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