Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONCE IN A WAY, by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM First Line: On a ship's poop I'd like to lie, if I could have my way Last Line: Who always find myself at home in simple company. | ||||||||
ON a ship's poop I'd like to lie, if I could have my way, With over it the weather-cloths, thumped loudly by the spray; A sputtering fire between two stones, edging it like a mound, A pot perched on them, boiling brisk, with bubbling empty sound; An unwashed cabin-boy to serve; for table I would make Use of some handy plank; maybe a game of give and take With sailors gossiping around . . . Lately this chanced to me, Who always find myself at home in simple company. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOONTIDE REST by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM THE OLD FERRYMAN by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM THE MEASURE OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN THE SWORD AND THE SICKLE by WILLIAM BLAKE TO PFRIMMER (LINES ON READING 'DRIFTWOOD') by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TO ELECTRA (1) by ROBERT HERRICK TELLING THE BEES (A COLONIAL CUSTOM) by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE PROMETHEUS UNBOUND; A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY TO S.M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, ON SEEING HIS WORKS by PHILLIS WHEATLEY THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION; A POEM. ENLARGED VERSION: BOOK 2 by MARK AKENSIDE |
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