OUTWARD-BOUND for Singapore, Steaming to Cathay, A tramp-ship shoulders across the sunset Through a race of wind-flung spray. I watch the ship: a fading blur Against the flaming sky; While grey waves tumble along the beach And the seagulls skirl and cry. My dreams lift their wide eagle-wings And follow the ship away, Outward-bound for Singapore, Steaming to Cathay! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GARRISON by AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 25 by THOMAS CAMPION THE BLUE AND THE GRAY by FRANCIS MILES FINCH BALLAD: THE THINGS OF NO ACCOUNT by FRANCOIS VILLON ACROSS THE SEA by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM DESPISED AND REJECTED by KATHARINE LEE BATES |