Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | V. Death and Bereavement | | Thalatta! Thalatta! | | Joseph Brownlee Brown (1824–1888) |
| | Cry of the Ten Thousand
I STAND upon the summit of my life, | |
| Behind, the camp, the court, the field, the grove, | |
| The battle, and the burden: vast, afar | |
| Beyond these weary ways. Behold! the Sea! | |
| The sea o’erswept by clouds and winds and wings; | 5 |
| By thoughts and wishes manifold, whose breath | |
| Is freshness and whose mighty pulse is peace. | |
| Palter no question of the horizon dim— | |
| Cut loose the bark! Such voyage itself is rest, | |
| Majestic motion, unimpeded scope, | 10 |
| A widening heaven, a current without care, | |
| Eternity!—deliverance, promise, course! | |
| Time-tired souls salute thee from the shore. | | | | |
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