O sea, I praise thy broad expanse Because thou art the world's highway, And, treading thee, I reach Cathay, Japan, the Indies, England, France! Thou art the means unto an end, For this I seek thy waters blue, But never came betwixt us two That faith which fastens friend to friend. He who, seduced by thy caress, Would trust thee, knows thee none too well, Now fair as Heaven, now fierce as Hell, Ocean, thy name is fickleness. Dearer by far it is to me To wake at dawn 'midst twittering birds, And crowing cocks, and lowing herds, Than on thy restless waves, O sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOCKED OUT; AS TOLD TO A CHILD by ROBERT FROST EVERYONE KNOWS WHOM THE SAVED ENVY by JAMES GALVIN SYMPATHY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR |