Nathalia Crane: Quotes about the sea

Nathalia Crane was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on sea.

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“The gods released a vision on a world forespent and dull;
They sent it as a challenge by the sea hawk and the gull.”

Venus Invisible and Other Poems (1928), The Wings of Lead
Context: The gods released a vision on a world forespent and dull;
They sent it as a challenge by the sea hawk and the gull.It roused the Norman eagerness, the Albion cliffs turned red:
"You fly the wings of logic — can you fly the wings of lead?

“Cloud-made mountains towered,
Beckoning to me;
Visionary triremes
Talked about the sea…”

Nathalia Crane

The Janitor's Boy And Other Poems (1924)

“A thousand ardent oilers swung the long spout 'twixt their nods,
And tried to glimpse a meaning in the challenge of the gods.

And then one night there landed on a Mineola swale
A plane that looked like pewter, with a carrier of mail.

Its wings were tinged like tea-box skins, each truss of shadow gray,
Its cabin but an alcove slung beneath a metal ray.

The Spirit of St. Louis was inscribed upon the lee;
It came from out a province that had never seen the sea.”

Nathalia Crane

Venus Invisible and Other Poems (1928), The Wings of Lead