Time & Brevity

The Wanderer

by Edward Dowden 1843–1913

From Poems (1914)

Time & Brevity

I cast my anchor nowhere (the waves whirled
My anchor from me); East and West are one
To me; against no winds are my sails furled;
--Merely my planet anchors to the Sun.

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Dated Sept. 1872.

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Dowden, Edward. “The Wanderer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/1/.

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Dowden, Edward. “The Wanderer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/1/.

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