Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONGS TO A.H.R.: 11. TRANSFUSION, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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SONGS TO A.H.R.: 11. TRANSFUSION, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A shoal-light flashes east
Last Line: And all the stars above.
Subject(s): Love; Night; Sea; Ships & Shipping; Universe; Bedtime; Ocean


A shoal-light flashes east,
And livid lightning west,
The silvery dark night-sea between,
On which we ride at rest,
And gaze far, far away
Into the fretless skies,
World-sadness in our thought -- but ah,
Content within our eyes.

The ship's bell strikes -- the sound
Floats shrouded to our ears,
Then suddenly, as at a touch,
The universe appears
A Presence Infinite
That penetrates our love
And makes us one with night and sea
And all the stars above.





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