Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUTWARD BOUND, by ETHEL ALLEN MURPHY



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OUTWARD BOUND, by                    
First Line: Freighted with fancy, golden, frail
Last Line: Into the night—away!
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime


FREIGHTED with fancy, golden, frail,
There by the marge of day,
The new moon rears a slender sail,—
Filled by the breath of the evening gale,—

And over the bar of sunset pale,
Out of the twilight gray,
Fearlessly steers for the mystic deep,
Into the night away!

Let us be sailing, soul of mine,
Far from the cares of day,
Unfurl your sail so fragile and fine,
Filled by the breath of the night divine,—
And over the senses swift decline,
Out of the dreamlight gray,
Steer for the deep of the unplumbed sleep,
Into the night—away!





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