Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAPE COD, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The low sandy beach and the thin scrub pine Last Line: What will become of man? Subject(s): Cape Cod | ||||||||
The low sandy beach and the thin scrub pine, The wide reach of bay and the long sky line, -- O, I am far from home! The salt, salt smell of the thick sea air, And the smooth round stones that the ebbtides wear, -- When will the good ship come? The wretched stumps all charred and burned, And the deep soft rut where the cartwheel turned, -- Why is the world so old? The lapping wave, and the broad gray sky Where the cawing crows and the slow gulls fly, -- Where are the dead untold? The thin, slant willows by the flooded bog, The huge stranded hulk and the floating log, -- Sorrow with life began! And among the dark pines, and along the flat shore, O the wind, and the wind, for evermore! What will become of man? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PENNACESSE LEPER COLONY FOR WOMEN, CAPE COD: 1922 by NORMAN DUBIE MY LITTLE CAPE COD MAIDEN by KATHERINE FINNIGAN ANDERSON THE IDEAL by KATHARINE LEE BATES IMMORTALITY by JOSEPH JEFFERSON FIRST LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS by ROBERT SOUTHEY A CAPE COD WOOD ROAD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS NAUHAUGHT, THE DEACON by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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