Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VISIT OF HOPE TO SYDNEY COVE, NEAR BOTANY BAY, by ERASMUS DARWIN First Line: Where sydney cove her lucid bosom swells Last Line: And peace, and art, and labour joined her train. Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
WHERE Sydney Cove her lucid bosom swells, Courts her young navies, and the storm repels, High on a rock amid the troubled air Hope stood sublime, and waved her golden hair; Calmed with her rosy smile the tossing deep, And with sweet accents charmed the winds to sleep; To each wild plain she stretched her snowy hand, High-waving wood and sea-encircled strand. 'Hear me,' she cried, 'ye rising realms! record Time's opening scenes, and Truth's unerring word. There shall broad streets their stately walls extend, The circus widen, and the crescent bend; There, rayed from cities o'er the cultured land, Shall bright canals and solid roads expand; There the proud arch colossus-like bestride Yon glitt'ring streams, and bound the chasing tide; Embellished villas crown the landscape scene, Farms wave with gold, and orchards blush between: There shall tall spires and dome-capped towers ascend, And piers and quays their massy structures blend; While with each breeze approaching vessels glide, And northern treasures dance on every tide!' Then ceased the nymphtumultuous echoes roar, And Joy's loud voice was heard from shore to shore Her graceful steps descending pressed the plain, And Peace, and Art, and Labour joined her train. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING FINE FIGURE OF A NYMPH, THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS by ERASMUS DARWIN |
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