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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LONELY COAST, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: A lonely coast, where sea-gulls scream for wrecks
Last Line: Till, waking, found 'twas only what I dreamed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore
First Line: A lonely coast, where sea-gulls scream for wrecks
Last Line: Till, waking, found 'twas only what I dreamed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore
A lonely coast, where sea-gulls scream for wrecks
That never come; its desolate sides
Last visited, a hundred years ago,
By one drowned man who wandered with the tides;
There I went mad, and with those birds I screamed,
Till, waking, found 'twas only what I dreamed.
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