Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVEN THE WINDS AND THE SEA OBEY, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said the poet, I wouldn't maintain Last Line: And acknowledge a sovereign mind. | ||||||||
SAID the Poet, I wouldn't maintain, As the mystical German has done, That the land, inexistent till then, To reward him then first saw the sun; And yet I could deem it was so, As o'er the new waters he sailed, That his soul made the breezes to blow, With his courage the breezes had failed; His strong quiet purpose had still The hurricane's fury withheld; The resolve of his conquering will The lingering vessel impelled: For the beings, the powers that range In the air, on the earth, at our sides, Can modify, temper and change Stronger things than the winds and the tides, By forces occult can the laws -- As we style them -- of nature o'errule; Can cause, so to say, every cause, And our best mathematics befool; Can defeat calculation and plan, Baffle schemes ne'er so wisely designed, But will bow to the genius of man, And acknowledge a sovereign mind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A LECTURE-ROOM by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH NATURA NATURANS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH QUA CURSUM VENTUS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH SONGS IN ABSENCE: 7. THE SHIP by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH THE LATEST DECALOGUE by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH A LONDON IDYLL by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH A PROTEST by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH A RIVER POOL by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH A SLEEPING CHILD by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH |
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