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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THALATTA, THALATTA!, by VIRGIL MARKHAM
First Line: The march wore on; vigor had ceased to be
Last Line: Some silver gleam that speaks to me of home!
Subject(s): Home; Sea; Ocean
First Line: The march wore on; vigor had ceased to be
Last Line: Some silver gleam that speaks to me of home!
Subject(s): Home; Sea; Ocean
The march wore on; vigor had ceased to be.
Heartsick, the Greeks had reached the last extreme,
But kept the will that made that march supreme,
Searching the desert for the Euxine key....
Then springing into life—their hopes set free—
All voices chorused in one joyous theme:
Hark, from the host in one terrestrial stream,
The cry ten-thousand tongued, "The sea! The sea!"
So when I leave the circle of this sky,
These earthly roads, and suddenly shall gaze
Out on the wonder of immortal ways,
Oh, may I see, with greatening heart and high,
A jocund pinnacle or shining dome—
Some silver gleam that speaks to me of home!
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