The Wanderer

By Zoe Akins

1886-1958


The ships are lying in the bay,
         The gulls are swinging round their spars;
My soul as eagerly as they
         Desires the margin of the stars.

So much do I love wandering,
         So much I love the sea and sky,
That it will be a piteous thing
         In one small grave to lie.

DayPoems Poem No. 1358
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