MIGHTY God Poseidon, thee I sing, Girder of the Earth, of Ocean king, Golden trident brandishing. Round thee sport in joyous rout Lightly leaping, gleaming, glancing, Tossing in their finny dancing Bristly mane and flattened snout, Dolphins, whom the Muse enthrals -- Playmates 'neath the briny waters Chasing Amphitrite's daughters In the Nereids' halls. These bore me to the coast of Pelops' isle On their curved backs uplifted, Cleaving the furrows of a pathless plain, On a perilous voyage I drifted, Cast by treacherous seamen's guile Into the darkling main. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE BALLAD OF WILLIAM SYCAMORE (1790-1880) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET RODNEY'S RIDE [JULY 3, 1776] by ELBRIDGE STREETER BROOKS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 50 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |