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Wysłany: Czw 14:27, 17 Lut 2011 Temat postu: FROM THE SEA |
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SAN FRANCISCO
(FROM THE SEA)
Sereneindifferent of Fate
Thou sittest at the Western Gate;
Upon thy heightso lately won
Still slant the banners of the sun;
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Thou seest the white seas strike their tents
O Warder of two continents [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
Andscornful of the peace that flies
Thy angry winds and sullen skies
Thou drawest all thingssmallor great
To theebeside the Western Gate.
O lion's whelpthat hidest fast
In jungle growth of spire and mast!
I know thy cunning and thy greed
Thy hard high lust and willful deed
And all thy glory loves to tell
Of specious gifts material.
Drop downO Fleecy Fogand hide
Her skeptic sneer and all her pride [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
Wrap herO Fogin gown and hood
Of her Franciscan Brotherhood.
Hide me her faultsher sin and blame;
With thy gray mantle cloak her shame!
So shall shecowledsit and pray
Till morning bears her sins away.
Then riseO Fleecy Fogand raise
The glory of her coming days;
Be as the cloud that flecks the seas
Above her smoky argosies;
When forms familiar shall give place
To stranger speech and newer face;
When all her throes and anxious fears
Lie hushed in the repose of years;
When Art shall raise and Culture lift
The sensual joys and meaner thrift
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