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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEAP PLUS ULTRA, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My mind is like the ocean
Last Line: He was afraid of the undertow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Reason; Sea; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Ocean
First Line: My mind is like the ocean
Last Line: He was afraid of the undertow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Reason; Sea; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Ocean
MY mind is like the ocean.
My friends are children playing on the beach.
They bring their little tin buckets
And make patterns on the sand.
Once a strong swimmer ventured out
As far as the breakers.
He turned back.
He was afraid of the undertow.
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