Time & Brevity
Expectation and Fulfilment
Translated by George MacDonald (Rampolli, 1897) · From Rampolli (1897)
Time & Brevity
Thousand-masted, mighty float,
Out to sea Youth’s navy goes:
Silent, in his one saved boat,
Age into the harbour rows.
Cite this poem
MLA
Schiller, Friedrich. “Expectation and Fulfilment.” Translated by George MacDonald. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/schiller/27/.
Chicago
Schiller, Friedrich. “Expectation and Fulfilment.” Translated by George MacDonald. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/schiller/27/.
Read this poem with the Codex →