English Poetry. Sidney Lanier. Struggle. Сидни Ланьер.

Sidney Lanier (Сидни Ланьер)

Struggle

My soul is like the oar that momently
Dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave,
Then glitters out again and sweeps the sea:
Each second I’m new-born from some new grave.

Sidney Lanier’s other poems:

1. From the Flats
2. Ode to the Johns Hopkins University
3. A Florida Ghost
4. Nirvana
5. The Wedding

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