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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEVEDON VERSES: 8. THE BRISTOL CHANNEL, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography
First Line: The sulky old gray brute!
Last Line: A lovely ghost.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Bristol Channel, Great Britain
First Line: The sulky old gray brute!
Last Line: A lovely ghost.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Bristol Channel, Great Britain
I
The sulky old gray brute!
But when the sunset strokes him,
Or twilight shadows coax him,
He gets so silver-milky,
He turns so soft and silky,
He'd make a water-spaniel for King Knut.
II
This sea was Lazarus, all day
At Dives' gate he lay,
And lapped the crumbs.
Night comes;
The beggar dies --
Forthwith the Channel, coast to coast,
Is Abraham's bosom; and the beggar lies
A lovely ghost.
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