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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAPTURED, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Under an elm tree where the river reaches
Last Line: And she was here, her hand shut in his hand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
First Line: Under an elm tree where the river reaches
Last Line: And she was here, her hand shut in his hand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
Under an elm tree where the river reaches
They watched the evening deepen in the sky,
They watched the westward clouds go towering by
Through lakes of blue toward those shining beaches,
Those far enchanted strands where blowing tides
Break into light along the shallow air:
They watched how like a tall ship's lantern there
Over that stormy surf the faint star rides.
Ship of a dream, he thought -- O dreamed-of shore
Beyond all oceans and all earthly seas!
Now would they never call him any more;
Now would they never hurt him with unease.
She was that ship, that sea, that siren land,
And she was here, her hand shut in his hand.
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