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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIGNATION: PART 1: SEASCAPE, by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: But though full noble is my theme
Last Line: Dead bards stench every coast.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: But though full noble is my theme
Last Line: Dead bards stench every coast.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
BUT though full noble is my theme,
Full urgent is my call
To soften sorrow, and forbid
The bursting tear to fall:
The task I dread; dare I to leave
Of humble prose the shore,
And put to sea? a dangerous sea?
What throngs have sunk before!
How proud the poet's billow swells!
The God! the God! his boast:
A boast how vain! What wrecks abound!
Dead bards stench every coast.
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