The Fisherman



(Mindanao, Philippines)

IN the dark waveless sea,
Deep blue under deep blue,
The fisher drifts by on the tide
In his small pole-balanced canoe.
Above him the cloud-capped hills
Crown the dense jungly sweeps;
The cocoa-nut groves hedge round
The hut where the beach-wave sleeps.
Is it not better so
To be as this Savage is,
Than to live the Wage-slave's life
Of hopeless agonies?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIJ
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Characters 374
Words 67
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

Francis William Lauderdale Adams

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