Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BATH, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) Poet's Biography First Line: Like the once lovely monster, in the tide Last Line: The foamy lash of the assaulting sea. Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
LIKE the once lovely monster, in the tide Wade man and beast, a bare, unbridled twain 'Mid golden gusts of bitter, sea-blown rain, Their limber lines athwart the sun descried. The savage stallion and the churl astride Deep draughts of the sea's briny odour drain Glad of the icy thrill on flesh and mane From sprays that on the Atlantic billows ride. The surge swells, runs, rears upright, shatters. He Shouts loudly. The horse neighs, and with his tail Smites on the rushing blue as with a flail; While on the sky, with blown hair, shudderingly They bear a steaming front that breaks in hail The foamy lash of the assaulting sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS AFTER PETRARCH by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) |
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