Industrious pirate! see him sweep The lonely bosom of the deep, And daily the horizon scan From Hatteras or Matapan. Be sure, before that pirate's old, He will have made a pot of gold, And will retire from all his labours And be respected by his neighbours. @3You also scan your life's horizon For all that can clap your eyes on@1. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WE PARTED IN SILENCE by JULIA CRAWFORD WILD SWANS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY GIVE ME THY HEART by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER SONG-TIME by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PASSED BY by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS IDYLL 6. CLEODAMUS AND MYRSON by BION |