Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 26, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: To-night I hear the rainbirds Last Line: And leaves of the word unsaid. Subject(s): Dreams | ||||||||
To-night I hear the rainbirds Piercing the silver gloom; The scent of the sea-blown lilacs Wanders across my room. Caught in their wake I follow The drift of memory; Once more the summer twilight Settles upon the sea. I shut my eyes and see you Under the lilacs stand, While the soft mists of sea-rain Are blowing in to land. Your little hands steal upward, Our fingers interlace; And through the driving sea-dark I feel your burning face. One little hour of heaven Lost in a single kiss; And then we two forever The castaways of bliss. To-night the scent of lilacs Comes up to me again, And ghosts of buried summers Walk with the lonely rain. But ah, what rooftree shelters To-night the dear black head? Only the sea wind answers -- And leaves of the word unsaid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: A DREAM by LYN HEJINIAN VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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