Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 3, 11, by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Long island! Yes! When first my vision swept Last Line: Craftily quaint the tale he told to me. Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.) | ||||||||
Long Island! yes! When first my vision swept Thy far faint shores with inlet and lagoon Or misty woodflats, where the senses swoon As in that land where Christian sank and slept, I thought of him; and then when in the rain We reached the Inn; but when I heard them speak Of Fire Place at hand, and Devil's Neck, And Good Ground and Mount Sinai west away, As in a dream I seemed to tread again The Pilgrim's steps and trace the Heavenly Way! But there sat Happy Jack, with dumb Rejoice, Red Ike the hostler with his whistling voice, And an old man I called Legality ... Craftily quaint the tale he told to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORT JEFFERSON by LOUIS SIMPSON OZYMANDIAS REVISITED by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP STARTING FROM PAUMANOK by WALT WHITMAN AT BAY RIDGE, LONG ISLAND by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES by ARTHUR GUITERMAN A BALLAD OF DOROTHY by ARTHUR KETCHUM THE CRICKET by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN |
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