Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HELLESPONT, by THEOPHILE GAUTIER Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Wave unto shore in an embrace Last Line: Gives back my thought! Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon Subject(s): Dardanelles; Hellespont | ||||||||
WAVE unto shore in an embrace Doth ever rue; The dawn to cheer the wild-flower's face Distils the dew. The wind of evening makes its moan To cypress-tree; To terebinth the turtle low Plains mournfully. When all save grief hath found repose, The moon doth speak, And to the dormant waves disclose Her pallid cheek. Sophia, thy white dome doth seem To greet blue heaven; And pensively the heaven's calm dream To God is given. Or dove or rose, or wave or tomb, Or rock or tree; All here below hath somewhere room Itself to free; But I, alone, am all alone, And there is naught Save, Hellespont, thy sombre tone Gives back my thought! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MARCH OF XERXES by LUIGI ALAMANNI DARDANELLES by THEODORE AUBANEL HERO AND LEANDER by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE FLIGHT OF XERXES by MARIA JANE JEWSBURY XERXES by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) HERO AND LEANDER: THE LOVES OF HERO AND LEANDER by GRAMMATICUS MUSAEUS HERO AND LEANDER by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER XERXES AT HELLESPONT by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER |
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