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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OPEN OCEAN, by ROBERT L. WOLFE
First Line: We two who found the haven snug and safe
Last Line: To rank this harbor-happiness enough.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: We two who found the haven snug and safe
Last Line: To rank this harbor-happiness enough.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
We two who found the haven snug and safe --
The riding faultless, sheltered, pleasant, warm,
Learn now at last how any rope must chafe,
And put to sea again and face the storm.
Knowing no separate ports at which we touch
Can ever equal this, or offer more,
We know as well, at last, that vessels such
As we were not intended for the shore.
The danger is not small -- we count the cost
Of climbing tide and wave, of seeing sail
Across the water, vanishing and lost,
The other -- to be swallowed in the gale.
But we are built of too imperious stuff
To rank this harbor-happiness enough.
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