A GHOSTLY ship sails on a ghostly sea, And bears afar an anxious company, Whose dreams, whose hopes, whose constant longings yearn For some fair port from which no ships return -- Some quiet haven, undisturbed by strife Of vexing surges from our storm-vext life -- Wind-driven surges from our wind-swept life. My longing heart sails with them as they go, Anxious as they, and heavy with their woe; Where is the peaceful shore we long to find -- The waves are stormy, and the path is blind -- The distant sky shuts in the distant sea -- What star of promise holds the dark for me? What star of promise holds the dark for thee? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITANY [TO THE HOLY SPIRIT] by ROBERT HERRICK SONNET: 3 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DEATH AND THE LADY; THEIR BARGAIN TOLD AGAIN by LEONIE ADAMS EJACULATORY PRAYER by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS OUT OF THE VAST by AUGUSTUS WRIGHT BAMBERGER THE WET MONTH by HENRY BATAILLE |