A rolling ocean heaving with green blades And sporting gleamy blooms of sundry hue The prairies rest beneath the misty shades Or spread with wanton yield their gorgeous view. Like tiny ships the cattle move about, And houses rise like cliffs above the wave, Beyond the reach of gaze horizons flout The challenge of the venturous margrave. A boundless ocean is this vast expanse Of mighty level, soul of vanquished seas That whispers indestructible romance And wakens not to be forgotten pleas. As lover left with unrequited dream, The prairies breathe a secret that's supreme. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO E. T.: 1917 by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 9 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN |