Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOST AT SEA, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The face that carlo dolci drew Last Line: Looks down on them, and seems not sad. Subject(s): Dolci, Carlo (1616-1686); Paintings & Painters | ||||||||
THE face that Carlo Dolci drew Looks down from out its leafy hood-- The holly berries, gleaming through The pointed leaves, seem drops of blood. Above the cornice, round the hearth, Are evergreens and spruce-tree boughs; 'T is Christmas morning: Christmas mirth And joyous voices fill the house. I pause, and know not what to do; I feel reproach that I am glad: Until to-day, no thought of you, O Comrade! ever made me sad. But now the thought of your blithe heart, Your ringing laugh, can give me pain, Knowing that we are worlds apart, Not knowing we shall meet again. For all is dark that lies in store: Though they may preach, the brotherhood, We know just this, and nothing more, That we are dust, and God is good. What life begins when death makes end? Sleek gownsmen, is't so very clear? How fares it with us? -- O, my Friend, I only know you are not here! That I am in a warm, light room, With life and love to comfort me, While you are drifting through the gloom, Beneath the sea, beneath the sea! O wild green waves that lash the sands Of Santiago and beyond, Lift him, I pray, with gentle hands, And bear him on -- true heart and fond! To some still grotto far below The washings of the warm Gulf Stream Bear him, and let the winds that blow About the world not break his dream! -- I smooth my brow. Upon the stair I hear my children shout in glee, With sparkling eyes and floating hair, Bringing a Christmas wreath for me. Their joy, like sunshine deep and broad, Falls on my heart, and makes me glad: I think the face of our dear Lord Looks down on them, and seems not sad. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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