FIRST VOICE SO long adrift, so fast aground, What foam and ruin have we found-- We, the Wise Brothers? Could heaven and earth be framed amiss, That we should land in fine like this-- We, and no others? SECOND VOICE Convoyed by what accursed thing Made we this evil reckoning-- We, the Wise Brothers? And if the failure be complete, Why look we forward from defeat-- We, and what others? THIRD VOICE Blown far from harbors once in sight, May we not, going far, go right,-- We, the Wise Brothers? Companioned by the whirling spheres, Have we no more than what appears-- We, and all others? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NURSE'S SONG, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE NATHAN HALE [SEPTEMBER 22, 1776] by FRANCIS MILES FINCH COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY by HERMAN MELVILLE UNDERSTANDING by NIXON WATERMAN THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY by WALT WHITMAN |