Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REFLECTIONS, ON CROSSING LAKE CHAMPLAIN IN A STEAMBOAT, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: Islet on the lake's calm bosom Last Line: Thou shalt yield thy noble dead! Subject(s): Crab Island, Lake Champlain; Lake Champlain; Steamboats | ||||||||
Islet on the lake's calm bosom, In thy breast rich treasures lie; Heroes! there your bones shall moulder, But your fame shall never die. Islet on the lake's calm bosom, Sleep serenely in thy bed; Brightest gem our waves can boast, Guardian angel of the dead! Calm upon the waves recline, Till great Nature's reign is o'er; Until old and swift-winged time Sinks, and order is no more. Then thy guardianship shall cease, Then shall rock thy aged bed; And when Heaven's last trump shall sound, Thou shalt yield thy noble dead! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 4: LORD STANHOPE'S STEAMER by T. BAKER MID-OCEAN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. ON AN ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP by EDWARD CARPENTER SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 2. THE OCEAN STEAMER by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE STEAMBOAT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES GRACE DARLING; OR THE WRECK OF THE 'FORFARSHIRE' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE BURNING OF THE STEAMER 'CITY OF MONTREAL.' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER 'LONDON'; WHILE ON HER WAY TO AUSTRALIA by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER 'STELLA' by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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