The Padre's Dream: And Other Poems (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Padre's Dream: And Other Poems Slow, creeping mists of night arise, ' And glinting stars creep through the haze: A Padre shades his eager eyes And seaward turns with wistful gaze; While homing birds droop low of wing, And waves the wandering curlew toss, O'er rocks where tangled seaweeds cling, He notes the fateful albatros. And down the shadowy aisle of years T o woo with retrospective thoughts, A craft of strange device appears Bearing the pilgrim Argonauts. Dimly, yet clear of vision, far, He sees these spectral shadows pass; Pass and repass, with sail and spar Beyond the walls of Alcatras. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
