This is one of my favorite poems.
THALASSA
by Louis MacNeice
Put out to sea, my broken comrades;
Let the old seaweed crack, the surge
Burgeon, oblivious of the last
Embarkation of feckless men,
Let every adverse force converge -
Here we must needs embark again.
Run up the sail, my heartsick comrades,
Let each horizon tilt and lurch -
You know the wor…
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