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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST WORD, by ELIZABETH SANDERSON First Line: Life is a boat that is drifting Last Line: When the tide turns. | |||
LIFE is a boat that is drifting, Riding high, rocking low, While the tide turns. Love is the sands that are shifting In and out, to and fro, While the tide turns. Let the boat drift, no oar to lift, Clear sky above, calm sea below, Till the tide turns. Dream on the shore, wander it o'er; Gold gleam the sands 'neath the sun's glow Till the tide turns. Time enough, love, to be lifting 'Gainst the waves, then, thy oar When the tide turns. Dreams are sweet, love, e'er the shifting Shows how false is the shore, When the tide turns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO CERTAIN JOURNEYMEN by CARL SANDBURG ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD by EUGENE FIELD MOZART'S REQUIEM by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS A COWBOY'S WORRYING LOVE by JAMES BARTON ADAMS A PRAYER by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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