Poem · 10th-century manuscript
The Seafarer
Anonymous
Aya Saleh · Ink & Ivy
Poem · 10th-century manuscript · English · Old English
The Seafarer
A speaker recalls the hardship of life at sea and its irresistible summons.
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The sea is both physical ordeal and spiritual threshold. Its difficult movement from cold bodily suffering to Christian counsel resists a simple secular-versus-religious division.
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A speaker recalls the hardship of life at sea and its irresistible summons.
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