Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEASIDE, IN AND OUT OF FASHION, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: In summer-time it was a paradise Last Line: Comes down the sea-wind on the golden hair. Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore | ||||||||
In summer-time it was a paradise Of mountain, frith, and bay, and shining sand; Our outward rowers sang towards the land, Follow'd by waving hands and happy cries: By the full flood the groups no longer roam; And when, at ebb, the glistening beach grows wide, No barefoot children race into the foam, But passive jellies wait the turn of tide. Like some forsaken lover, lingering there, The boatman stands; the maidens trip no more With loosen'd locks; far from the billows' roar The Mauds and Maries knot their tresses fair, Where not a foam-flake from th' enamour'd shore Comes down the sea-wind on the golden hair. | 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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