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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO PETRONELLA AT SEA, by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: To the remotest verges of the sea Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Love | |||
To the remotest verges of the sea, Unto ends of night following day There shall no refuge be for you and me Who haste away. Beyond the furthest stretches of the foam Beyond the last horizon of the sky For you and me: for you and me, no home Waits, quietly. But in the deep remoteness of the heart, In the deep secret chambers of the mind, Hidden, unchanging, secret, set apart - Beyond the whitest surges of the foam, Beyond the limitless verges of the wind, In the deep, tender, quiet places of the heart: Lo! you, enshrined | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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