As the up-to-date destroyer, Underneath the waters green, Travels swiftly through the ocean In his crafty submarine, Up he thrusts a curious funnel, Lest in nether gloom he grope, And surveys the watery surface Through a safe-eyed periscope. Thus we modern men, suspicious, Through the Sea of Living glide, Far beneath the surface waters And the frankly swinging tide, And, if we would see our brothers And the world's great brother-hope, We can only gaze upon them Through a little periscope. Let us back to better living, Surface living, friendly, wise, On the trustful, open billows, Underneath the open skies! Let us, hasting to the future As its glorious morning opes, Sail in brotherhood together: Let us smash our periscopes! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WATER by HAYDEN CARRUTH DEDICATION IN THESE DAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TRANSPOSITIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A SEA-SHORE GRAVE by SIDNEY LANIER A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME by SIDNEY LANIER |