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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REGATTA, by IVAN SWIFT First Line: We have heard the roll of the signal - gun! Last Line: We've heard our signal-gun! Subject(s): Competition; Surfing; Track Athletics; Waves; Wind; Running Races; Pole Vaulting; Discus Throwing; Shot Putting; Running Hurdles | |||
WE have heard the roll of the signal-gun! Our fleet is off in the race for a run With the gulls and the wind and the wave! The surf-nymphs rave At the prow and beckon us on On to the sea and the echoing buoy! No landsman's coward "Ahoy" We'll heed. We're off, and the mate is Joy! The halyards hiss and the sheets Outflate. The straining spar competes With the helmsman's ardor lent To the tug of the gale unspent! The deck is a desert, fore and aft, And the sailor's will is the will of the craft. Lie low! Sweep on! while high is the sun! We've heard our signal-gun! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RUNNER by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE GLORIOUS TOUCHDOWN by GEORGE ADE IN THE FORUM OF JUSTICE by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD THE LONELINESS OF THE 100-METER DASH MAN by DAVID WAGONER LOVE SONNET OF A TRACK FIEND by WILLIAM A. PHELON PAAVO NURMI by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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