Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HORN HEAD, COUNTY OF DONEGAL, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE Poet's Biography First Line: Sister of earth, her sister eldest-born Last Line: Hollowing its sunless crypts and sanguine caves. Subject(s): Horn Head, County Of Donegal, Ireland | ||||||||
SISTER of Earth, her sister eldest-born, Huge world of waters, how unlike are ye! Thy thoughts are not as her thoughts: unto thee Her pastoral fancies are as things to scorn: Thy heart is still with that old hoary morn When on the formless deep, the procreant sea, God moved alone: of that Infinity, Thy portion then, thou art not wholly shorn. Scant love hast thou for dells where every leaf Boasts its own life, and every brook its song; Thy massive floods down stream from reef to reef With one wide pressure; thy worn cliffs along The one insatiate Hunger moans and raves, Hollowing its sunless crypts and sanguine caves. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD; OR, THE BURSTING OF THE GUNS by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE DIRGE OF RORY O'MORE; 1642 by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE HUMAN LIFE by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE SORROW by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE THE SUN GOD by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE A CHARACTER by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE AN EPICUREAN'S EPITAPH by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE CARDINAL MANNING by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE COLERIDGE by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE DIOCLESIAN AT SALONA by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE |
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