Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A SHIP'S MAST, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography First Line: You did not dream of ships, o mountain pine Last Line: So much we mortals know of destiny! Subject(s): Fate; Ships & Shipping; Destiny | ||||||||
YOU did not dream of ships, O mountain pine! No small wind whispered To you of a sail; Or gossiped to you Of a great sea gale; Or brought to you the biting tang of brine. No tale was wafted to you of far lands; Of crowded waterways Where Commerce plies; Of burning islands Under blazing skies, Where golden sunlight lies on golden sands. Ah, no! No rumor reached you of the sea! You knew not, As against the sky you grew, Of that for which the Fates Were fitting you. So much we mortals know of Destiny! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE A DESERTED HOUSE by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY |
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