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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROCKY ISLET, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Perchance, far out at sea, thou may'st have found
Last Line: Around whose path are flowers, strewn by her tender cares.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac
Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy
First Line: Perchance, far out at sea, thou may'st have found
Last Line: Around whose path are flowers, strewn by her tender cares.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac
Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy
PERCHANCE, far out at sea, thou may'st have found
Some lean, bald cliff -- a lonely patch of ground,
Alien amidst the waters: -- some poor Isle
Where summer blooms were never known to smile,
Or trees to yield their verdure -- yet, around
That barren spot, the dimpling surges throng,
Cheering it with their low and plaintive song,
And clasping the deserted cast-away
In a most strict embrace -- and all along
Its margin, rendering freely its array
Of treasured shell and coral. Thus we may
Note love in faithful woman; oft among
The rudest shocks of life's wide sea she shares
Man's lot, and more than half his burden bears
Around whose path are flowers, strewn by her tender cares.
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