Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 72. TO THE MORNING STAR. WRITTEN NEAR SEA, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thee! Lucid arbiter 'twixt day and night Last Line: Once lent to light me on my thorny way! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Stars | ||||||||
Thee! lucid arbiter 'twixt day and night, The Seaman greets, as on the Ocean stream Reflected, thy precursive friendly beam Points out the long-sought haven to his sight. Watching for thee, the lover's ardent eyes Turn to the eastern hills; and as above Thy brilliance trembles, hails the lights that rise To guide his footsteps to expecting love! I mark thee too, as night's dark clouds retire, And thy bright radiance glances on the sea; But never more shall thy heraldic fire Speak of approaching morn with joy to me! Quench'd in the gloom of death that heavenly ray Once lent to light me on my thorny way! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EPIC STARS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HYMN TO THE STARS by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS CLEMATIS MONTANA by MADELINE DEFREES THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE by JAMES GALVIN TO SEE THE STARS IN DAYLIGHT by JAMES GALVIN ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 4. TO THE MOON by CHARLOTTE SMITH ELEGIAC SONNET: 44. WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH YARD AT MIDDLETON IN SUSSEX by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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