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    Michael Sails A Distant Star
    Michael Sails A Distant Star
    Michael Sails A Distant Star
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    Michael Sails A Distant Star

    By Charles De Gaulle du Gui

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    Michael Sails A Distant Star is a collection of poems written by Charles De Gaulle du Gui dating back to the mid 1970s. This is the second collection of poems he has published. The first, My Lover's Eyes, is now out of print.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLighthouse
    Release dateMar 19, 2022
    ISBN9798985956726
    Michael Sails A Distant Star
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    Charles De Gaulle du Gui

    Charles De Gaulle du Gui began writing poetry in the early 1970s. Much of his early work focused on social protest and affairs of the heart. During the 1980s, du Gui frequently gave public readings of his poetry, and did the same during the first decade of the 21st century.

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      Michael Sails A Distant Star - Charles De Gaulle du Gui

      A WEARY PILGRIM

      (6-15-89)

      I was just a weary pilgrim,

      A long way from my home.

      My steps were toward Jerusalem;

      Days many I did roam.

      Along a tortured, twisted path,

      I chanced to lose my way.

      No sun, no rain, but thirst and pain,

      I roamed for many a day.

      A steeple dark without a bell

      Sat high upon a hill.

      This ruin with its silent knell

      My trembling heart made still.

      An ancient church, from years gone by,

      An ancient churchyard, too.

      An ancient relic of an ancient land,

      But I was born anew.

      For I, a weary pilgrim,

      Who did in error roam,

      Found in that high and ancient place

      Jerusalem, my Home.

      AND WHAT IF I DIE?

      (1-10-91)

      And what

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