Ode for a Master Mariner Ashore

O, the long greybeard, the master mariner,
His land-legs lost, with a wandering eye!
The sea-dust still upon his brow, and a blur
Of ocean-light he cannot quite put by.

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American poet and academic. Known for her metaphysical poetry and her association with the Boston literary scene.

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