Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SETH, by HAROLD VINAL



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First Line: Seth was right in holding to
Last Line: Had been a banner for his eyes.
Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Ocean


Seth was right in holding to
A theory he thought was right
Although he gave the ghost up, drew
The final breath with land in sight.

I think he had a fear of land,
That death would get him in the end.
Not in the place that he had planned,
And hardly where he'd recommend.

He had arranged a final flight
In which to slip and take a last
Gulp of the sea and sink from sight,
Well in the shadow of a mast.

I think he planned the curtain drop,
At such a time, and really it
Was rather bad things had to stop,
With the stage set the opposite.

A special gift it seems to me
Was his in knowing deck from spar
And, well, he should have died at sea,
Although it is not popular.

And if the Dutchmans' flying still,
I hope our wise and true Creator,
Lets Seth climb from his dusty hill
And be its ghostly navigator.

It really was disturbing to
Go to his Maker in this wise,
Bereft of sails, which hitherto
Had been a banner for his eyes.





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