Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUTWARD, by GEORGE CABOT LODGE Poet's Biography First Line: Outward broad airs, the sea's unshadowed sweep Last Line: To pass with open eyes! | ||||||||
Outward broad airs, the sea's unshadowed sweep, And larger voice on shores of lovelier lands, Starred heavens of vaster light and night with sleep Tender as women's hands. Outward the grave processional of hours, Each a discovered joy, a solved surmise, Days dark in bud that ripening, fall like flowers Gardened in Paradise. Outward! O throes resolved in mightier song! Splendour of nameless deeds, essential words, Merged in the large acceptance, in the long Pulse of the cosmic chords. Outward, where every word and deed is fit; Outward, beyond the lies of name and shame, Of sin and ignorance the cause of it, Life's prison of fancied flame. Outward! O heart, the secret solved at last! Love that enfolds, unites, and understands; Love like the sea, with equal waters cast On this and alien lands! Outward! O free at last! O steadfast soul Calm in the poise of natural things! O wise, How wise is love! -- only, beyond control, To pass with open eyes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG FOR WAKING by GEORGE CABOT LODGE A SONG OF THE WAVE by GEORGE CABOT LODGE AD SERVAM by GEORGE CABOT LODGE DAY AND DARK by GEORGE CABOT LODGE DEATH IN YOUTH by GEORGE CABOT LODGE EXORDIUM by GEORGE CABOT LODGE FOR E. L. by GEORGE CABOT LODGE LES BOURGEOIS by GEORGE CABOT LODGE ODE TO THE EARTH by GEORGE CABOT LODGE |
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