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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOT HERE!, by DAVID W. BONE First Line: High water, 9 a.M. Last Line: "but, goad! Ye'll find it thick at govan pier!" Subject(s): Glasgow, Scotland | |||
High water, 9 A.M. Not here the misty vapours and th' pall, Of fog, that bars our passage to the Quay. A clear blue sky holds brightly over all, Only the haze adds softness to the day. Idly, at single anchor do we lie, Swinging the tides, while lazy harbour smoke Drifts from our three tall funnels Why? . . . . Because they told us, with a bitter croak, "It's thick's a b-----y hedge at Rothesay Doak!" High water, 9:20 P.M. A radiant moon stands in the eastern sky, The stars shine purely in th' lift o'er-head. The calm and moonlit anchorage is studded by Bright riding lights. Not here the dread Fog wraiths and vapours that would have us bound To slow and stop and fearfully to steer Past endless obstacles, perhaps a-ground. . . . . "Oh! Here," they said . . . "Mebbe it's fine an' clear, But, Goad! ye'll find it thick at Govan Pier!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIX GLASGOW POEMS: 1. THE GOOD THIEF by TOM LEONARD GLASGOW STREET by WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE; A LEGEND OF GLASGOW by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN LINES ON REVISITING A SCOTTISH RIVER by THOMAS CAMPBELL ADDRESS TO THE REV. DR. JOHN MUIR, ST JAMES' PARISH, GLASGLOW by JANET HAMILTON ON THE MEETING OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION IN GLASGOW, 1860 by JANET HAMILTON YOUR MISSION by ELLEN M. HUNTINGTON GATES |
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