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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OFF THE COURSE, by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHTER First Line: Now we are left with neither sun nor star Last Line: And there is one small chance he may be right. | |||
Now we are left with neither sun nor star, The compass broken, and the helmsman blind; With only the long wake drawn out behind To bear a witness we have sailed too far. No matter where we are, or think we are, Whatever coast or harbor we may find, At any moment luck may prove unkind, And strand us on a hidden rock or bar. We need a navigator now no less Than on plain course with coast or sun in sight; For he will note the wind and watch our drift, Where even floating weeds may launch a guess Enough to make our idle rudder shift -- And there is one small chance he may be right. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEPHANT GODS by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHTER THE UPAS TREE by CHARLES FRANCIS RICHTER AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ON THE HOME GUARDS; WHO PERISHED ... LEXINGTON, MISSOURI by HERMAN MELVILLE AT A SOLEMN MUSIC by JOHN MILTON TO A DISTANT FRIEND by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MAKE FRIENDS by ALI IBN ABU TALIB RELEASE by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD THE TIME FOR PRAYER by G. BENNETT |
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