To you, my shipmates and my brothers, who Have sailed with me the dark blue ocean's flood, Round the great world, Ulysses-like, careering, Or in the enchanted East, or West robust, Skirting the poles, or that voluptuous coast Where dark-eyed senoritas ever smile Beside Pacific's wave, to you, brave men, Knightly defenders of our country's flag, I dedicate (perchance for idler hours, Since poesy doth oft beguile the soul) These songs -- this log-book of a long-past cruise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BUSINESS REVERSES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TWILIGHT SONG by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IN TALL GRASS by CARL SANDBURG FACADE: 21. THE OWL by EDITH SITWELL |