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Poems by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman | ||
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[XXI. Last night I dreamed we parted once again]
Last night I dreamed we parted once again;That all was over. From the outward shore,
I saw a dark bark lessen more and more;
That bore her from me o'er the boundless main;
And yearned to follow: no sense of mystery
Fell on me, nor the old fear of the sea;
Only I thought, “Knowledge must bring relief;”—
Nor feared the sunless gulfs, the tempest's breath.
Nor drowning, nor the bitterness of death!
Yet while, as one who sees his hope decay,
And scarcely weeping; vacant in my grief,
I on the jetty stood, and watched the ship,—
The wave broke fresher, flinging on my lip
Some drops of salt: I shuddered, and turned away.
Poems by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman | ||