Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR THE PICTURE, 'THE LAST OF ENGLAND', by FORD MADOX BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: The last of england! O'er the sea Last Line: She cannot see a void, where he will be. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Farewell; Paintings & Painters; Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892); Parting | ||||||||
"THE last of England! O'er the sea, my dear, Our homes to seek amid Australian fields, Us, not our million-acred island yields The space to dwell in. Thrust out! Forced to hear Low ribaldry from sots, and share rough cheer With rudely-nurtur'd men. The hope youth builds Of fair renown, barter'd for that which shields Only the back, and half-form'd lands that rear The dust-storm blistering up the grasses wild. There learning skills not, nor the poet's dream, Nor aught so lov'd as children shall we see." She grips his listless hand and clasps her child, Through rainbow tears she sees a sunnier gleam, She cannot see a void, where he will be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES O.M.B. (DIED NOVEMBER, 1874) by FORD MADOX BROWN |
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