Barque of phosphor
On the palmy beach,
Move outward into heaven,
Into the alabasters
And night blues.
Foam and cloud are one.
Sultry moon-monster
Are dissolving.
Fill your black hull
With white moonlight.
There will never be an end
To this droning of the surf.
Source: Poetry (October 1919).
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Poet
Wallace Stevens
1879–1955
SCHOOL / PERIOD
Modern
Subjects
Nature,
Stars, Planets, Heavens,
Seas, Rivers, & Streams,
Arts & Sciences,
Language & Linguistics