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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHIP, by LAURENCE B. RIDGELY
First Line: Strong beams, wrought out from mighty trees laid low
Last Line: Speed, speed away with joy, across the plain.
Subject(s): Ships & Shipping; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
First Line: Strong beams, wrought out from mighty trees laid low
Last Line: Speed, speed away with joy, across the plain.
Subject(s): Ships & Shipping; Sonnet (as Literary Form)
Strong beams, wrought out from mighty trees laid low.
Bolt, bar and nail, rent from earth's riven heart,
fitted through fire to fill a nobler part.
Timber and plank and mast and spar that know
the touch of keen-edged tool, the hammer blow.
These feel the might of wedded toil and art,
and stately ships float at the busy mart
till the tide turn and favoring winds say, "Go!"
Stately and strong, wrought out through toilful years
from grief-pierced joy and love right-shaped by pain,
laden with precious freight -- purchase of tears --
so waits the soul, the tide from the great main.
Breezes and waters rise. Away with fears!
Speed, speed away with joy, across the plain.
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