Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LASSITUDE, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: I laid me down beside the sea Last Line: My heart itself was cast away. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I LAID me down beside the sea, Endless in blue monotony; The clouds were anchored in the sky, Sometimes a sail went idling by. Upon the shingles on the beach Gray linen was spread out to bleach, And gently with a gentle swell The languid ripples rose and fell. A fisher-boy, in level line, Cast stone by stone into the brine: Methought I too might do as he, And cast my sorrows on the sea. The old, old sorrows in a heap Dropped heavily into the deep; But with its sorrow on that day My heart itself was cast away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS |
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