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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 6. ON THE CORK PACKET, 1837, by T. BAKER First Line: The breeze grew strong, the waves show'd crests of foam Last Line: Can no ennobling thoughts to them impart! Subject(s): Ships & Shipping | |||
THE breeze grew strong, the waves show'd crests of foam, While sickness made our landsmen sigh for home. This scene I won't describe.—I hasten'd soon, With many others, to the grand saloon. Tourists there were, and trav'llers mercantile, In groups, too, were the sons of Erin's Isle; All gay, her youthful beaux were shining forth, Had seen the greatest city upon earth; While from their converse (any one could guess), Of feasts and revelry to wild excess, Their grov'lling minds had moved them but to see Its gaudy side, and have what's called a spree. Mere sensualists! such, I regret to find, Is the low taste in most of humankind, That e'en Augusta's high-wrought works of art Can no ennobling thoughts to them impart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW THE SHIP POUNDING by DONALD HALL ULTRAISTA ONEIRIC by ANSELM HOLLO THE NORTH SHIP by PHILIP LARKIN GOOD SHIPS by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. ROSES ALL THE WAY by T. BAKER THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE DEATH OF HUSKISSON by T. BAKER THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE RAILWAY BOOM, 1845 by T. BAKER |
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