Richard Francis Burton Strange Poems

• 1. Black Sheep
  FROM their folded mates they wander far,
  Their ways seem harsh and wild:
  They follow the beck of a baleful star,
  Their paths are dream-beguiled.
  ...
• 2. On A Ferry Boat
  THE RIVER widens to a pathless sea
  Beneath the rain and mist and sullen skies.
  Look out the window; â??t is a gray emprise,
  This piloting of massed humanity
  ...
• 3. The Forefather
  HERE at the country inn,
  I lie in my quiet bed,
  And the ardent onrush of armies
  Throbs and throbs in my head.
  ...
• 4. The Polar Quest
  UNCONQUERABLY, men venture on the quest
  And seek an ocean amplitude unsailed,
  Cold, virgin, awful. Scorning ease and rest,
  And heedless of the heroes who have failed,
  ...

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