Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FO'C'S'LE YARNS: ENVOY. GO BACK!, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: But now Last Line: Go back, go back, into your golden west! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Isle Of Man | ||||||||
BUT now From the brow Of old Skiddaw, high-perched On the last of the cairns, Myself and my bairns, We searched For our sweetest of sweet little Hesperids; And our lids Were stung By the "saut" Sharp slung From the wall Of a squall, That wrought, And blurred, And slurred The air Out there, So that naught Of our Isle, The while, Could we see, But a film of the faintest ivory. Just half-way down the slope we sit, -- When, suddenly, the sky is lit -- Look, look! as through a sliding panel Of pearl, our Mona! Has she crossed the Channel For us? that there she lies almost A portion of the Cumbrian coast? Dark purple peaks against the sun, A gorgeous thing to look upon? Nay, darling of my soul! I fear To see your beauty come so near -- I would not have it! This is not your rest -- Go back, go back, into your golden West! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 1ST SERIES. SPIES ALTERA; TO THE FUTURE MANX POET by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN IN MEMORIAM: J. MACMEIKIN; DIED APRIL 1883 by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN JOB THE WHITE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN KITTY OF THE SHERRAGH VANE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN MARY QUAYLE; THE CURATE'S STORY by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE INDIAMAN by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE MANX WITCH; A STORY OF THE LAXDALE MINES by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN TO G. TRUSTRUM by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN TOMMY BIG-EYES by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A SERMON AT CLEVEDON; GOOD FRIDAY by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |
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