Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 75, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: The world is swimming in the light Last Line: Deep as the cold heart of the norns. Subject(s): Nature; Time | ||||||||
The world is swimming in the light, Sheer as a bubble green and gold. On the purpureal autumn walls Once more time's rubric is unrolled. As if the voice of the blue sea Sufficed for summer's utmost speech, But now the very hills must help And lift their heart to the lyric reach. Scarlet, diaphanous and glad, The valiant message waves and burns, The elemental cry that lurks Deep as the cold heart of the Norns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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