Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF THE DEPTHS', by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poet's Biography First Line: Lost! Lost! Lost! Last Line: "in the dark — in the storm — ""our father"" is nigh" Subject(s): Sea; Rescues; God | ||||||||
Lost! Lost! Lost! The cry went up from a sea ''" The waves were wild with an awful wrath, Not a light shone down on the lone ship's path; The clouds hung low: Lost! Lost! Lost! Rose wild from the hearts of the tempest tossed. Lost! Lost! Lost! The cry floated over the waves ''" Far over the pitiless waves; It smote on the dark and it rended the clouds; The billows below them were weaving white shrouds Out of the foam of the surge, And the wind-voices chanted a dirge: Lost! Lost! Lost! Wailed wilder the lips of the tempest-tossed. Lost! Lost! Lost! Not the sign of a hope was nigh, In the sea, in the air or the sky; And the lifted faces were wan and white, There was nothing without them but storm and night, And nothing within but fear; But far to a Father's ear: Lost! Lost! Lost! Floated the wail of the tempest-tossed. Lost! Lost! Lost! Out of the depths of the sea ''" Out of the night and the sea; And the waves and the winds of the storm were hushed, And the sky with the gleams of the stars was flushed. Saved! Saved! Saved! And a calm and a joyous cry Floated up through the starry sky, In the dark ''" in the storm ''" "Our Father" is nigh. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SENTINEL SONGS: 1 by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN |
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