Description:
Shackleton, Ernest (1874-1922) Autograph Poem Signed, 12 November 1907, Two Ways.
One page, twenty-four lines, signed by Shackleton on the S.S. India, in black ink on cream-colored wove paper, matted and framed, 4 x 7 in. This poem was published in the London Sunday Express on 5 February 1922, in remembrance of Shackleton at his death.
Two Ways
You may love the calm and peaceful days,
And the glorious tropic nights
When the roof of the Earth with broad stars blaze
And the moon's long path of light
Steals in a shining silver streak,
From the far horizon line
And on the brink of the ocean's rim
Still greater planets shine
But all the delight of summer seas,
And the sun's westing gold
Are nought to me for I know a sea
with a glamour and glory untold.
The gloom and cold of the long stern night
The work with its strain and stress
Hold sterling worth and sheer delight
And these soft bright times hold less.
For all is new on our ice bound shore
Where white peaks dare the stars
There strong endeavour and steady hand
Alone can unloose the bars.
Then by faith unswerving we may attain
To the oft wished for distant goal,
And at last to our country's gain
Hold with our flag the Southern Pole.
Estimate $700-900
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