The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Ship and the Bird

"The Ship and the Bird." New-York Saturday Press. (1860-6-30).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Poem that uses a ship as an extended metaphor for life, and the bird that flies overhead is heaven. But when heavy gales threaten the boat the people stop paying attention to the bird.