The boat is chafing at our long delay,
And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
The tawny sands, the moon.
Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight!
Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
To reach a land unknown.
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John Davidson
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Poem topics: moon, night, sea, flight, long, unknown, reach, spicy, watch, delay, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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