Adventure
Sun and wind and beat of sea, Great lands stretching endlessly. . . . Where be bonds to bind the free? All the world was made for me!
Adelaide Crapsey
Sun and wind and beat of sea, Great lands stretching endlessly. . . . Where be bonds to bind the free? All the world was made for me!
With just four swift lines, Adelaide Crapsey’s “Adventure” captures a moment of pure, untethered joy. The speaker feels the raw elements—sun on skin, wind in hair, the rhythm of the sea—and sees endless landscapes stretching out ahead.
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