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1850–1919

= A Marine Etching =

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A yacht from its harbor ropes pulled free, And leaped like a steed o'er the race track blue, Then up behind her, the dust of the sea, A gray fog drifted, and hid her from view.

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= A Marine Etching = · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · Poetry Cove