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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 62, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Ah, fortunate that leagues of foam divide
Last Line: Aloof, afar, his sentinel watch he kept.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Emotions; Grief; Hearts; Love; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Ah, fortunate that leagues of foam divide
Last Line: Aloof, afar, his sentinel watch he kept.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Emotions; Grief; Hearts; Love; Sorrow; Sadness
Ah, fortunate that leagues of foam divide
Albion's bright headlands from the Bretagne shore!
For those first severing days intensified
The gnawing anguish that his heart outwore.
Like one benumb'd, he view'd the ocean wide
And the white cliffs receding more and more.
When dusk along the waste of waters crept,
Aloof, afar, his sentinel watch he kept.
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