Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ANCESTORS, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE



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First Line: I know my fathers braved the sea
Last Line: Indoors, a stormy day!
Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Sailing & Sailors


I know my fathers braved the sea
From some New England shore;
With every storm that sweeps the plains
My inland spirits soar.

I like to strive against the wind
That brings the dashing rain,
And as it whips across my face
I join its weird refrain.

The thunder is the mad wave's boom;
A flapping tree a sail;
The lightning flash is some far port
That signals in the gale.

And O, the joy when northers come,
To face the icy sleet,
And feel the warm blood pounding back
With every blow I meet.

The sea—a storm—ancestral blood—
Are calling me away,
And that is why I cannot sit
Indoors, a stormy day!





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