Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by JOHN DAVIDSON


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First Line: The boat is chafing at our long delay
Last Line: To reach a land unknown.
Subject(s): Boats; Sea Voyages


THE boat is chafing at our long delay,
And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
The tawny sands, the moon.

Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight!
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
To reach a land unknown.






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