Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COURAGE, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD



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COURAGE, by                     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.





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