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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTUGUESE FISHERMEN, by ALFARATA BOWDOIN HILTON
First Line: Bare, brown, singing throats
Last Line: The heart to sunnier lands and years.
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Wellesley College; Anglers
First Line: Bare, brown, singing throats
Last Line: The heart to sunnier lands and years.
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Wellesley College; Anglers
BARE, brown, singing throats, --
Rush of liquid song, that floats
Above a sun-sharp, northern sea
With warm exotic melody.
Fisherfolk, a-singing here,
Mending of your nets and gear,
These same deep-drawn tides
That tug your vessels' battered sides
Tumble with bright wash of foam
On sandy shores you once called home,
Now so hopeless -- far away --
Shaking tempests, bitter spray
Harry the ocean paths between.
Secure this harbor's opaque green,
The dingy craft, the bustle made
By busy, profitable trade.
Yet your impassioned, wistful song,
Rising while you work among
The drying seines, sweeps free and bears
The heart to sunnier lands and years.
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