$4,613
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.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
