Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNKEN GOLD, by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: In dim green depths rot ingot-laden ships Last Line: The gleam of irrecoverable gold. Subject(s): Disasters; Gold; Shipwrecks; Treasures | ||||||||
IN dim green depths rot ingot-laden ships; And gold doubloons, that from the drowned hand fell, Lie nestled in the ocean-flower's bell With love's old gifts, once kissed by long-drowned lips; And round some wrought gold cup the seagrass whips, And hides lost pearls, near pearls still in their shell, Where sea-weed forests fill each ocean dell And seek dim sunlight with their restless tips. So lie the wasted gifts, the long-lost hopes Beneath the now hushed surface of myself, In lonelier depths than where the diver gropes; They lie deep, deep; but I at times behold In doubtful glimpses, on some reefy shelf, The gleam of irrecoverable gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 2. TREASURE by ALBERTA BANCROFT CAPTAIN BING by LYMAN FRANK BAUM SEA LAVENDER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE MONEY DIGGERS by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD THE KEEPERS OF THE TREASURE by RHYS CARPENTER AUCTION SALE - HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS by ADELE DE LEEUX THE TREASURE-SEEKER by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE WHAT THE SONNET IS by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON |
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