Two barks met on the deep mid-sea, When calms had stilled the tide; A few bright days of summer glee There found them side by side. And voices of the fair and brave Rose mingling thence in mirth; And sweetly floated o'er the wave The melodies of earth. Moonlight on that lone Indian main Cloudless and lovely slept; While dancing step and festive strain Each deck in triumph swept. And hands were linked, and answering eyes With kindly meaning shone; O, brief and passing sympathies, Like leaves together blown! A little while such joy was cast Over the deep's repose, Till the loud singing winds at last Like trumpet music rose. And proudly, freely on their way The parting vessels bore; In calm or storm, by rock or bay, To meet -- O nevermore! Never to blend in victory's cheer, To aid in hours of woe; And thus bright spirits mingle here, Such ties are formed below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD SEXTON by PARK BENJAMIN COMRADE JESUS by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN THE FELLOWSHIP by KATHARINE LEE BATES A DAY IN THE CASTLE OF ENVY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT STANZAS by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD TORMENTUM by CHARLES ADOLPHE CANTUCUZENE THE OLD MAN'S DARLING by PHOEBE CARY |