Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE BY THE BAY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He is gone, o my heart, he is gone Last Line: Kept time in their ebb and flow. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
HE is gone. O my heart, he is gone; And the sea remains and the sky, And the skiffs flit in and out, And the white-winged yachts go by. The waves run purple and green, And the sunshine glints and glows, And freshly across the Bay The breath of the morning blows. Ah, it was better last night, When the dark shut down on the main, And the phantom fleet lay still, And I heard the waves complain; For the sadness that dwells in my heart, And the rune of their endless woe, -- Their longing and void and despair, -- Kept time in their ebb and flow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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