Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAITING, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm waiting for my darling Last Line: "he never brings again." Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Waiting | ||||||||
I'M waiting for my darling, Here, sitting by the sea, Whom never any ship that sails Brings home again to me. "Oh, sailor! have you seen her? You'd know her by her eyes, -- So blue they are, so tender, So full of glad surprise." "Yes, I have seen your darling: A fair wind never fails To waft the good ship unto The shore for which she sails. "King Death they call the Captain, -- His crew a spectral band, -- He steers with pennons flying Toward a far-off land. "No other ship goes thither, And back across that main, The passengers he carries He never brings again." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALMOST AN ELEGY by JOSEPH BRODSKY THE AWAKENING by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON WAITING FOR SWEET BETTY by CLARENCE MAJOR GENTLEMEN, I ADDRESS YOU PUBLICLY by KENNETH REXROTH LA VIE EN ROSE by KENNETH REXROTH A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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