Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEA-PLANE, by HENRY CHAPPELL First Line: A tiny speck in the evening sky Last Line: Takes from the mother's arms their child. Subject(s): Death; Grief; Heaven; Prayer; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise | ||||||||
A TINY speck in the evening sky Nearer drawing across the main, She cleaves the path that the swallows fly Flecked by the sunset's crimson stain, Homeward winging in graceful flight As her feathered kin to the shore at night. Nearer, and out from the glory far Her song comes floating down the steep, As tho' she sang to each watching star A last good-night ere she sank to sleep, Whilst from the shadows pearly grey The horned moon shimmers across the bay. The great ships know of her vigil keen, Watching, watching the deeps below, Where a grim, grey death by them unseen May wait to launch her bolts of woe, And sailor prayers for the heroes rise Who man the watch-towers of the skies. Dreamy and slow is the song she sings Gliding down from her airy quest, Ever lower on slanting wings As the sea-bird wheels to its rocky nest, And ocean, as tho' by her song beguiled, Takes from the mother's arms their child. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX |
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