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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LANDSMAN'S DREAM, by CHAPMAN JAMES MILLING Poet's Biography First Line: A strip of earth, a patch of sky Last Line: And in my heart a sail? | |||
A strip of earth, a patch of sky, The glory of the sea, A myrtle thicket on the dune, A lone palmetto tree; Beyond the bar a passing sail That travels silently. I dwell where blushing maples burn Beyond the crystal gale; My only gulls are whip-poor-wills, A rock my only whale. Why then are myrtles in my soul, And in my heart a sail? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CROATAN by CHAPMAN JAMES MILLING SONNET IN A CEMETERY by CHAPMAN JAMES MILLING DREAM-PEDLARY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DRIFTING by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ THESEUS, SELECTION by BACCHYLIDES THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK by JAMES W. BLAKE FRAGMENT by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SATAN ABSOLVED; A VICTORIAN MYSTERY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: PROSPICENCE by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS |
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