Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INFINITY, by DORA E. BAKER First Line: When on pretentious seas I would embark Last Line: Except the vastness of the starlit sea. Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Travel; Seamen; Sails; Ocean; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
When on pretentious seas I would embark, I thought alluring flares would speed my course; Unfathomed depths my endless quest would mark, Enhancing serfdom with impelling force. Within confines that reach for glamorous heights, One's craft may flounder through the misty ways. Abject and futile are the dazzling lights That spread obscurities through hapless days. Outside those bounds a drifting hulk had veered And weathered seas, again serene and pure, My craft on to a shifting course was steered Beyond vainglory's once enticing lure. I knew that nothing then could set me free, Except the vastness of the starlit sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING |
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