FOR love of the sea, Child Elsie, Untethered the dory's rope, To ride with native impulse The water's rise and slope. For love of the seaman's maiden, The mew-tides running down, Swept out to sea the dory Afar from the fishing town. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A TUFT OF GRASS by EMMA LAZARUS CAMOMILE TEA by KATHERINE MANSFIELD PRESIDENT GARFIELD by GEORGE SANTAYANA FONTAINEBLEAU (AUTUMN) by SARA TEASDALE PRAYER FOR COURAGE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE FAIRY CHILD by JOHN ANSTER WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT HIS FIRST PUTTING ON BREECHES by MARY BARBER |