Across the Sea and Other Poems
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Childhood appears as a remembered shore in Thomas S. Chard's title poem, while youth begins with a boat waiting to cross the sea. The speaker looks toward a distant headland and hears warnings about the dangers ahead. Courage, Patience, Justice and Knowledge serve as the oarsmen, with Faith standing at the bow. Their efforts give the voyage a moral meaning: progress depends on bringing these different strengths into balance.
Published in 1875, the collection also contains The Seven Sleepers, A Legend of St. John and The Blessed Vale. The Seven Sleepers introduces seven young men at Ephesus who refuse an emperor's demand to worship pagan gods. Religious conviction runs alongside memories of happiness and detailed images of waves, stars and flowers. These poems offer readers interested in devotional verse a combination of symbolic reflection, sacred legend and close attention to the natural world.
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- Author
- Thomas S. Chard
- Pages
- 26
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Christianity
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