In the Harbour: a Fragment
In the Harbour: a Fragment - meaning Summary
Urgency to Seize Opportunity
The fragment urges immediate action and warns against delay. Using images of angels knocking, an athlete losing strength, and untilled fields producing weeds, the poem exhorts the reader to wake, rise, and seize the present before chances vanish. Its tone combines moral admonition with practical metaphor, suggesting that opportunity and readiness are fleeting and that neglect leads to irreversible loss.
Read Complete AnalysesAwake! arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door! They are in haste and cannot wait, And once departed come no more. Awake! arise! the athlete's arm Loses its strength by too much rest; The fallow land, the untilled farm Produces only weeds at best.
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