Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLAGE LIGHTS, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These dim-lamped cabins leaning upon the gulf of oceanic night Last Line: Ten times as wise, ten thousand fools. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund | ||||||||
THESE dim-lamped cabins leaning upon the gulf of oceanic night Whose gorge is hoarse with storm, whose surge with a scornful whistling washes over, Would seem the craziest cockle-shells, if the meteor gave us a moment's sight, And still unhaunted on this phantasmal abyss with life and love they hover. How now, bold mariners? what fixed star So certifies you where you are? From what magnetic surety grows This unimaginable repose? Who with his sea-hat over his eyes Defends your keels from the fanged surprise, And while your banjos and feet are playing Knows each secret the deeps are saying? Kiss then, strum then, heap the coals, With flowery cordials brim the bowls -- Since none could ever command this dark Who stared his eyes out like a shark: This we in the whirls, shrill goblins, know, Awash in fathomless dream's reflow; We mapped, logged, watched, thumbed all the rules, Ten times as wise, ten thousand fools. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOREFATHERS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN REPORT ON EXPERIENCE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SOLUTIONS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE GIANT PUFFBALL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE MIDNIGHT SKATERS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN VLAMERTINGHE: PASSING THE CHATEAU, JULY 1917 by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN 11TH R.S.R. by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN 1916 SEEN FROM 1921 by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A 'FIRST IMPRESSION': TOKYO by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A BRIDGE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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