HE came out the void Buoyed upon the surging tides. He braved the West, Defied the wide frontiers; He trekked the continents And enthroned his name Among the white, the black, the brown, the yellow men. He trod the frond, Fording the darkened streams That glide through jungles To the tropic sea. He spanned the globe, He swept the skies, And moved beneath the eaters of the deep. He entered all the portals of the world. A vibrant, thrilled, exhaustless, restless soul; Riding at last the very stars -- Asleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO EXEMPTION FOR TOURISTS by KAREN SWENSON RHYME FOR A CHILD VIEWING A NAKED VENUS IN A PAINTING by ROBERT BROWNING SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: 7. THE MEASURE OF BEAUTY by THOMAS CAMPION THE GOLD-SEEKERS by HAMLIN GARLAND |