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Famous Godspeed Poems by Famous Poets

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...-- hear Bice sing, 
Even admire my frescoes -- though they're nought 
Beside the calm Greek glories you have bought! 

Godspeed, Sir Cardinal! 
And take a weak man's blessing! Help him there 
To the cool air! . . . 
Lucrezia here? You're ready for the ball? 
-- He'll die within ten hours, I suppose -- 
Mhm! Kiss your poor old father, little rose!...Read more of this...
by Benet, Stephen Vincent



...Oh, seek, my love, your newer way;
I'll not be left in sorrow.
So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow!...Read more of this...
by Parker, Dorothy
...Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one 
Whose prayer availeth much, my wish should be 
Your favoring trad-wind and consenting sea. 
By sail or steed was never love outrun, 
And, here or there, love follows her in whom 
All graces and sweet charities unite, 
The old Greek beauty set in holier light; 
And her for whom New England's byways bloom, 
Who wal...Read more of this...
by Parker, Dorothy
...The writer's, had so well recovered that To join his regiment 
he felt him bound.
But would she not wish him one short "Godspeed", He asked no 
more. Her greeting would suffice.
He had resolved he never should return. Would 
she this sacrifice
Make for a dying man? How could she read
The rest! But forcing her eyes to the deed,
She read. Then dropped it in the fire 
to burn.

LVIII
Gervase had set the river for their meeting As 
farthest from the farms where Everard
Spent all ...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry