Showing posts with label Richard Hovey. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Classic Poetry: The Sea Gipsy (Richard Hovey, 1864-1900)

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Sunset at Sea, Pierre-Aguste Renoir
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I am fevered with the sunset,

I am fretful with the bay,

For the wander-thirst is on me,

And my soul is in Cathay.



There's a schooner in the offing,

With her topsails shot with fire,

And my heart has gone aboard her

For the Islands of Desire.



I must forth again tomorrow!

With the sunset I must be

Hull down on the trail of rapture

In the wonder of the Sea.

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