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Poem by Sidney Lanier


Struggle


My soul is like the oar that momently
Dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave,
Then glitters out again and sweeps the sea:
Each second I’m new-born from some new grave.



Sidney Lanier


Sidney Lanier's other poems:
  1. My Springs
  2. Thou and I
  3. The Harlequin of Dreams
  4. A Florida Sunday
  5. On Huntingdon’s "Miranda"


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