Poems you ought to know . 139. THALASS A! THALASSA! BY BEOWNLEE BROWN. Of this poem Thomas Wentworth Higginson says (in the Outlook,February, 1890): It is so magnificent that it cheapens most of its con-temporary literature, and is alone worth a life otherwise obscure. Whenall else of American literature has vanished, who knows but that somesingle masterpiece like this may remain to show the high water marknot merely of a poet but of a nation and a civilization? 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
Poems you ought to know . 139. THALASS A! THALASSA! BY BEOWNLEE BROWN. Of this poem Thomas Wentworth Higginson says (in the Outlook,February, 1890): It is so magnificent that it cheapens most of its con-temporary literature, and is alone worth a life otherwise obscure. Whenall else of American literature has vanished, who knows but that somesingle masterpiece like this may remain to show the high water marknot merely of a poet but of a nation and a civilization? 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, oerswept by clouds, and winds, and wings; 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, A widening heaven, a current without care, Eternity! Deliverance, promise, course, Time tired souls salute thee from the shore.
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