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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CARGOES, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Quinquireme of nineveh from distant ophir
Last Line: Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Sea; Shipbuilding; Ships & Shipping; Ocean
First Line: Quinquireme of nineveh from distant ophir
Last Line: Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward
Subject(s): Sea; Shipbuilding; Ships & Shipping; Ocean
QUINQUIREME of Nineveh from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amethysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rail, pig-lead,
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
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