Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA PICTURES: 2. EVENING, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poet's Biography First Line: Now the thickening twilight presses down Last Line: Wraps in a shroud the dying light. Subject(s): Evening; Sea; Sunset; Twilight; Ocean | ||||||||
Now thickening twilight presses down Upon the harbor and the town, And all around a misty pall Of dull gray cloud hangs over all. The huddling fishing-sloops lie safe, While far away the breakers chafe. And now the landsman's straining eye Mingles the gray sea with the sky. Far out upon the darkening deep The white ghosts of the ocean leap. Boone Island's light, a lonely star, Is flashing o'er the waves afar. Up the broad beach the sea rolls in In never-ending foam and din; And all along the craggy shore Resounds one long continuous roar. We turn away, and hail each gleam Where lamps from cottage windows stream. For sad and solemn is the moan Of ocean when the day has flown, And, borne on dusky wings, the night Wraps in a shroud the dying light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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