The Ocean Queen, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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As yet 'mid friendly states her course has lain, Close along shore, where Storms nor Rovers come; But now, - eomplete her lading, - o'er the main, The wide unsheltered main, she far must roam; A bubble cast upon the ocean's foam, A feather floating in a stormy sea, Commissioned, - should she reach that distant dome, To Offer at the shrine of Poesy, This wreath from One, the Nine's most humble devotee.

A nut-shell amid Navies, may she ride, E'eu as the Nautilus, in safety o'er The wave, nor from her course be turned aside, By mightier vessels bearing to that shore. \vhere Fame erects her temple long and sore Must be her buffetings, 011! May her state, So weak and helpless, 'mid the tempest's roar, Compassion, in some feeling breast create, To stretch a helping hand, crc yet it be tbo late.

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