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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CROSS OF VASCO DA GAMA, by FLORA ELIZABETH HASTINGS First Line: We have breasted the surge, we have furrowed the wave Last Line: For the bright cross is beaming before us now! Subject(s): Gama, Vasco Da (1460-1524) | |||
We have breasted the surge, we have furrow'd the wave, We have spread the white sail to the favouring breeze; We have sped from the land of the fair and the brave, Widely to wander o'er untried seas. There is hope in our hearts, there is joy on our brow, For the bright cross is beaming before us now! Sadly we swept through the sounding deep, Sadly we thought of our distant home -- Of the land where our fathers' ashes sleep, Of the land where our fairy children roam. Brothers! our sad tears must cease to flow, For the bright cross is beaming before us now! Spread we the sail to the winged wind -- Hail to the waves of the southern sea! Deep is the furrow we leave behind, As we dash through the waters merrily; And snowy the spray round our lofty prow, For the bright cross is beaming before us now! Cross of the south, in the deep blue heaven -- Herald of mercy, thy form hath shone! Gladly we welcome the presage given -- The land, the fair land of the south is our own; And mildly the light of true faith shall glow, For the bright cross is beaming before us now! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COVERING WINGS by KATHERINE MANSFIELD MIDSUMMER BIRDS by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WHERE? by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE LONDON CHURCHES by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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