A Statue Of A Man With Clouds Behind Him Art

a man standing on top of a rock in the water
a man standing on top of a rock in the water
a painting of a man holding a sword
a painting of a man holding a sword
a watercolor painting of a man and a woman
a painting of a man kneeling on a wet ground
a drawing of a man sitting at a table with a book
a man sitting on top of a tree branch
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
a tree in nature
serene landscape with mountains and water
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
a painting of a man holding a mirror next to a woman
a portrait of a man in a brown shirt
a painting of a man wearing a hat and coat
a portrait of a man in a black shirt
a painting of a smiling man in a suit
a painting of a man holding a stick
a painting of a man holding a sword
a painting of a man with wings holding a spear
a painting of a man pulling a boat with a rope
a black and white drawing of a man with a guitar
a black and white drawing of a man with a sword