Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OCEAN VOICES, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO First Line: The sea-birds sing on the mossy crag Last Line: Are the waters of shim'ring blue. Subject(s): Absence; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Separation; Isolation; Seamen; Sails; Ocean | ||||||||
The sea-birds sing on the mossy crag, And the waters rush and lave; The sands gleam white in the pale moonlight Down by the sad sea-wave. I sit and dream of the days gone by As the sails glide o'er the sea; I wait and I watch, but one white-winged sail Will never come back to me. The waves come rushing from far-off lands. The breezes come rushing too; They carry the spices upon their wings. The skies in their waters blue. They bring with them bits of those far-off lands, Tinted shells with the ocean's moan; They bring with them branches of coral reef From the depths of a mermaid's home. And bark from the trunk of some southern plant, And ferns from a tropic grove, And scented grasses and blossoms and fronds From the forests of nutmeg and clove. The wild winds murmur; the pink-lipped shells Speak low of the lands and sea; But their voices grow sad when they speak of one Who never came back to me. So I sit and wonder how far away Is the land where the wild fern grew; I sit and wonder how deep and dark Are the waters of shim'ring blue. | 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 A DREAM OF LIFE by MIRIAM DEL BANCO A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN by MIRIAM DEL BANCO |
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