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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS: MARSDEN BAY, NEAR SOUTH SHIELDS, by ELLEN C. NICHOLSON
First Line: Were I an artist, I should paint the scene
Last Line: And weed-grown rock, and cavern heavy-brow'd.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nicholson, Mrs. James
Subject(s): Art & Artists
First Line: Were I an artist, I should paint the scene
Last Line: And weed-grown rock, and cavern heavy-brow'd.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nicholson, Mrs. James
Subject(s): Art & Artists
WERE I an artist, I should paint the scene
In many views and aspects. One by night --
The moon upon the waters, weirdly bright; --
One lonely barque, with sails of silver sheen,
Filling the foreground. Outlined dark, yet keen,
The rugged line of limestone cliffs should lie
Athwart the fitful radiance of the sky.
Nearer -- the great, lone rock that guards the bay --
The shadowy stretch of sand -- the shimmering spray.
That were the fairest scene. There should be more:
Views in the twilight, subtly soft and grey --
Views sunlit -- views of storms and flying cloud --
Of cliff fantastic -- sea-gull haunted shore,
And weed-grown rock, and cavern heavy-brow'd.
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