Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DESPAIR, by EDWARD BLISS REED


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DESPAIR, by                    
First Line: As I came down the hillside
Last Line: I've lost it all.
Subject(s): Despair; Love; Sailing & Sailors


As I came down the hillside
To put to sea,
I heard a girl a-singing—
But not for me.

As we sailed past the village,
By that last pine
A girl stood waving farewells—
And none were mine.

She stood there long a-watching
Our vessel's track.
But little is she hoping
That I come back.

My mates are singing, whistling,
Half-dead I feel.
I'm like a boat a-drifting
With broken wheel.

They hope for lucky fishing
And some big haul.
I once had luck past wishing—
I've lost it all.





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