Fortitude incarnate
Here is laid away
In the swift Partitions
Of the awful Sea —
Babble of the Happy
Cavil of the Bold
Hoary the Fruition
But the Sea is old
Edifice of Ocean
Thy tumultuous Rooms
Suit me at a venture
Better than the Tombs
Fortitude incarnate
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Fortitude incarnate
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