| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 512. Thalatta! Thalatta! |
| | | Cry of the Ten Thousand |
| | | By Joseph Brownlee Brown |
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| I STAND upon the summit of my life: | |
| Behind, the camp, the court, the field, the grove, | |
| The battle and the burden; vast, afar, | |
| Beyond these weary ways, Behold! the Sea! | |
| The sea o’erswept by clouds and winds and wings, | 5 |
| By thoughts and wishes manifold, whose breath | |
| Is freshness and whose mighty pulse is peace. | |
| Palter no question of the horizon dim,— | |
| Cut loose the bark; such voyage itself is rest, | |
| Majestic motion, unimpeded scope, | 10 |
| A widening heaven, a current without care, | |
| Eternity!—deliverance, promise, course! | |
| Time-tired souls salute thee from the shore. | |
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