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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED, by HENRY CLAY WORK Poet's Biography First Line: On a summer's day when the sea was rippled Last Line: In the ship that never returned. | |||
ON A SUMMER'S DAY when the sea was rippled By a soft and gentle breeze, A ship set sail for a harbor laden To a port beyond the seas. There were fond farewells and loving signals While her form was yet discerned, But they knew not 'twas a solemn parting, For the ship has never returned. Chorus: Did she ever return? No, she never returned, And her fate is yet unlearned; And for years and years fond hearts have been waiting For the ship that never returned. Said a feeble youth to his aged mother, "I must cross the wide, wide sea, For they say perchance in a foreign clime There is health and strength for me." 'Twas a gleam of hope 'mid a maze of danger, And her heart for her youngest yearned, So she sent him forth with smiles and blessings In the ship that never returned. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YEAR OF JUBILEE by HENRY CLAY WORK GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK by HENRY CLAY WORK SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GRIEF by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING ON LUCY, COUNTESS OF BEDFORD by BEN JONSON SONNET: 19. ON HIS BLINDNESS by JOHN MILTON DIGNITY OF LABOR by LEVI BISHOP |
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