Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A STORM (ON THE BARK 'PESTALLOZI'), by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: Upon this great ship's tilted deck Last Line: O god, where art thou? ... Here am I! Subject(s): Sea Voyages; Storms | ||||||||
UPON this great ship's tilted deck I stand, an undiscerned speck, And, where the vast, wave-whitened sea Leaps at the moon enormously In green-ridged tides, the ship's expanse Dwindles to insignificance. Thro' ether, perilously hurled, Thunders the huge bulk of the world, Which, in the eyes of other spheres, Itself a sunlit mote appears. In turn, all suns and stars in sight Lessen to needle-pricks of light, Flung helpless thro' an awful void Where measures fail, and Time's destroyed ... And still dost see when sparrows die? O God, where art Thou? ... Here am I! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THERE IS A SOLEMN WIND TONIGHT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DEWEY AND DANCER by JOSEPHINE MILES MICHAEL IS AFRAID OF THE STORM by GWENDOLYN BROOKS BREACHING THE ROCK by MADELINE DEFREES THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE OCEAN by STEPHEN DOBYNS OF POLITICS, & ART by NORMAN DUBIE TREMENDOUS WIND AND RAIN by ANSELM HOLLO A SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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