Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BEACH OF ACRE, by MARY BRENT WHITESIDE


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First Line: The camel train moves slowly in the dawn
Last Line: Godfrey of bouillon, a remembered name.
Subject(s): Camels; Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore


The camel train moves slowly in the dawn
Across the ivory crescent of the beach;
Dark shapes against a sky of pearl and fawn,
Where darker silhouettes of palm trees reach.
They bring gold oranges and silk and myrrh;
Candles they bring, and incense for a shrine;
Tributes for every humble worshiper
Of three religions of an ancient line.

Here is the past made visible anew, --
Shapes of antiquity, and high above
This shore of ancient hope; through heaven's blue,
Flash suddenly the pinions of a dove.
This is the path the old crusaders came, --
Godfrey of Bouillon, a remembered name.





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