Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER THE GALE, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who has not walked upon the shore Last Line: Dapple in france the fertile plains. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Variant Title(s): Upon The Shore Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
Who has not walked upon the shore, And who does not the morning know, The day the angry gale is o'er, The hour the wind has ceased to blow? The horses of the strong southwest Are pastured round his tropic tent, Careless how long the ocean's breast Sob on and sigh for passion spent. The frightened birds, that fled inland To house in rock and tower and tree, Are gathering on the peaceful strand, To tempt again the sunny sea; Whereon the timid ships steal out And laugh to find their foe asleep, That lately scattered them about, And drave them to the fold like sheep. The snow-white clouds he northward chased Break into phalanx, line, and band: All one way to the south they haste, The south, their pleasant fatherland. From distant hills their shadows creep, Arrive in turn and mount the lea, And flit across the downs, and leap Sheer off the cliff upon the sea; And sail and sail far out of sight. But still I watch their fleecy trains, That piling all the south with light, Dapple in France the fertile plains. | 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 PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES |
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