The Pleasure Boat

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

from

The Pleasure Boat

Richard Henry Dana

 

            Come hoist the sail, the fast let go!

      They’re seated all aboard.

      Wave chases wave in easy flow:

      The bay is fair and broad. 

        

      The ripples lightly tap the boat.

      Loose!-Give her to the wind!

      She flies ahead:-They’re all afloat:

      The strand is far behind. 

       

      No danger reach so fair a crew!

      Thou goddess of the foam,

      I’ll pay thee ever worship due,

                                                    If thou wilt bring them home.  

About Marty Luster

I'm Marty Luster, a retired attorney and politician. In 2010 my wife, mother-in-law, dog and I relocated from Central NY to Gloucester. I hope my photographs and poetry(?) reflect my love for this place and her people. My picture-poem posts can be seen at http://matchedpairs.wordpress.com and selected black and white images can be found at http://slicesoflifeimages.wordpress.com
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to The Pleasure Boat

  1. gayle white says:
    September 16, 2012 at 10:57 pm

    totally enjoyed that poem and your photo!

    Reply
  2. capeannpatio says:
    September 17, 2012 at 11:57 am

    Beautiful poem and photo!

    Reply

Leaving a comment rewards the author of this post- add to the discussion here-

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s