Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HENDECASYLLABLES, by D. M. LOW First Line: Come children, come away, to where the tawny Last Line: Playing, dancing away the careless evening. Subject(s): Children; Oxford University; Seashore; Childhood; Beach; Coast; Shore | ||||||||
COME children, come away, to where the tawny Sands are drying; away; the idle ocean Chides no longer against the pebbly margent, But runs gently slipping slipping, from all the Long flat shelves through loose channels: the evening Breeze calls fitfully, whisperingly. Come then, Pert fairies, dapper elves such as the maskers At Ludlow following the tipsy Comus Sang of; sprites such as Ariel commanded Save those wrack'd mariners amid the tempest. Here ocean spreadeth out the wealth of unplumb'd Depths: mermaid's tresses and the sleek ribbon-weed Lie strown; here a crab or an eerie starfish, Here are shells labyrinthine, intricately Winding, snails' caravans, mussels' shallow homes. Ply your spades, magic instruments to conjure High castles mediaeval, elfy fabrics. Run your races along the hard-washed sand, O flush'd cheeks, flashing eyes, the noisy laughter. Soon will rise the flood, irresistible tide With strength murmuring, and the night come over, And soon winter approaches on the rain cloud. But ye know the sun aye returneth, always Tides flow and ebb adown unaltering shores; And ye hope ever each summer returning Will bring surely pleasures the same without change -- Come children, hither; out upon the broad sands Playing, dancing away the careless evening. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES SYMPATHY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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