Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SANDS OF DEE, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poet's Biography First Line: O mary, go and call the cattle home Last Line: Across the sands o' dee. Subject(s): Sea; Tragedy; Ocean | ||||||||
"O MARY, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, And call the cattle home, Across the sands o' Dee!" The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam, And all alone went she. The creeping tide came up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see; The blinding mist came down and hid the land: And never home came she. "O, is it weed, or fish, or floating hair, -- A tress o' golden hair, O' drowned maiden's hair, -- Above the nets at sea? Was never salmon yet that shone so fair, Among the stakes on Dee." They rowed her in across the rolling foam, -- The cruel, crawling foam, The cruel, hungry foam, -- To her grave beside the sea; But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the sands o' Dee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER; THE ENGLISH GAME LAWS by CHARLES KINGSLEY |
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