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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUAN CABRILLO, by BELLE WILLEY GUE First Line: You must have dreamed of many sights and sounds Last Line: Remembering that far september day. Subject(s): Portugal; Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails | |||
You must have dreamed of many sights and sounds That were unknown to you and to the ones Who dwelt with you, beneath the brilliant suns Of distant Portugal. Upon their rounds The dark-skinned sentries watching royal grounds Must have observed beyond their threatening guns A wide-eyed boy, who as the river runs To join the sea, chafed at his narrow bounds. And so at last your galleys proudly came Upon uncharted waters, found their way Where high Point Loma guards our matchless bay. And there that all may know your right to fame We place your statue and your honored name, Remembering that far September day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SAILS OF MURMUR by ANSELM HOLLO THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TOM BOWLING ['S EPITAPH] by CHARLES DIBDIN HOW'S MY BOY? by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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