Fox Footprints/Adventure

by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

For works with similar titles, see Adventure.

Adventure

I shall buy me a sampan shaped like a slipperWith eyes on either side of the prow,And hoist a sail all ruddy-goldenFor the Spice Isles now.There will be nine Chinamen upon herWith naked backs, like the sail red-gold,And silks and ivory and jade and amberWill fill the hold.

I shall sail forever between green islandsWhile under her poop the wake will grow—A ripple across the copper watersIn the tropic glow.