George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.
The HeroCaroline Sturgis Tappan (18191888)
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From thine own longings and lone tears,
And now thy broad sails are unfurled,
And all men hail thee with loud cheers.
The billows of the sea are thine,
To all the nations shalt thou roam,
Through every heart thy love shall shine.
Far, far beyond the horizon’s verge,
Oh, shoot it forth on arrows bold,
The thoughts of men, on, on, to urge.
Think not to give the laborer rest;
Unless rich beauty fills the plains,
The free man wanders still unblest.
But thou must carve the frieze above;
And columned high, through thee alone,
Shall rise our frescoed homes of love.