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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CRY FROM THE SHORE, by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ First Line: Come down, ye graybeard mariners Last Line: "take up thy life and go!" | |||
COME down, ye graybeard mariners, Unto the wasting shore! The morning winds are up, -- the gods Bid me to dream no more. Come, tell me whither I must sail, What peril there may be, Before I take my life in hand And venture out to sea! "We may not tell thee where to sail, Nor what the dangers are; Each sailor soundeth for himself, Each hath a separate star: Each sailor soundeth for himself, And on the awful sea What we have learned is ours alone; We may not tell it thee." Come back, O ghostly mariners, Ye who have gone before! I dread the dark, impetuous tides; I dread the farther shore. Tell me the secret of the waves; Say what my fate shall be, -- Quick! for the mighty winds are up, And will not wait for me. "Hail and farewell, O voyager! Thyself must read the waves; What we have learned of sun and storm Lies with us in our graves: What we have learned of sun and storm Is ours alone to know. The winds are blowing out to sea, Take up thy life and go!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HARVEST by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ HER PICTURE by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ MOTH-SONG by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ ON KINGSTON BRIDGE by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ PAMELA IN TOWN by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ PRAISE-GOD BAREBONES by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ QUAKER LADIES by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ SEA-WAY by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ SO WAGS THE WORLD by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ THE BRIDE'S TOILETTE by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ |
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