Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LITTLE SOPHY BY THE SEASIDE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Young sophy leads a life without alloy Last Line: No greed dispute the freedom of the sand. Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore | ||||||||
Young Sophy leads a life without alloy Of pain; she dances in the stormy air; While her pink sash and length of golden hair With answering motion time her step of joy! Now turns she through that seaward gate of heaven, That opens on the sward above the cliff, - Glancing a moment at each barque and skiff, Along the roughening waters homeward driven; Shoreward she hies, her wooden spade in hand, Straight down to childhood's ancient field of play, To claim her right of common in the land Where little edgeless tools make easy way: A right no cruel Act shall e'er gainsay, No greed dispute the freedom of the sand. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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