Can the bard descry a schooner
scudding landward, sails expanded?
Hear what's said beside the cod-stacks?
See the merchants strut like peacocks?
"Shorebound breezes shove the weary
ship along! The boys are thronging!
Packs of people crowd the sidewalks!
Perky shop-clerks stop and goggle!"
Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 - 1845) Iceland
Translated by Dick Ringler
Source: Jónas Hallgrímsson - Selected Poetry and Prose
scudding landward, sails expanded?
Hear what's said beside the cod-stacks?
See the merchants strut like peacocks?
"Shorebound breezes shove the weary
ship along! The boys are thronging!
Packs of people crowd the sidewalks!
Perky shop-clerks stop and goggle!"
Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 - 1845) Iceland
Translated by Dick Ringler
Source: Jónas Hallgrímsson - Selected Poetry and Prose
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