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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT DOVER CLIFFS, JULY 20, 1787, by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: On these white cliffs, that calm above the flood
Last Line: The world his country, and his god his guide.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 9. At Dover Cliffs, July 20, 1787
Subject(s): Dover, England
First Line: On these white cliffs, that calm above the flood
Last Line: The world his country, and his god his guide.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 9. At Dover Cliffs, July 20, 1787
Subject(s): Dover, England
On these white cliffs, that calm above the flood
Rear their o'er-shadowing heads, and at their feet
Scarce hear the surge that has for ages beat,
Sure many a lonely wanderer has stood;
And, whilst the lifted murmur met his ear,
And o'er the distant billows the still Eve
Sail'd slow, has thought of all his heart must leave
To-morrow---of the friends he lov'd most dear,---
Of social scenes, from which he wept to part:---
But if, like me, he knew how fruitless all
The thoughts, that would full fain the past recall,
Soon would he quell the risings of his heart,
And brave the wild winds and unhearing tide,
The World his country, and his GOD his guide.
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