Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NANTASKET, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lobster-car, boat, or fishbasket Last Line: Thee the fair haunts from whence they came! Subject(s): Nantasket, Massachusetts | ||||||||
Lobster-car, boat, or fishbasket, Peeps, noddies, oldsquaws, or quail, To Musketaquid what from Nantasket, What token of greeting & hail? Can we tie up & send you our thunder, -- Pulse-beat of the sea on the shore? Or our Rainbow, the daughter of Wonder, Our rock Massasoit's palace-door. White pebbles from Nantasket beach, Whereon to write the maiden's name; Shells, sea-eggs, sea flowers, could they teach Thee the fair haunts from whence they came! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BACCHUS by RALPH WALDO EMERSON BOSTON HYMN; READ IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY 1, 1863 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON CONCORD HYMN; SUNG AT COMPLETION OF CONCORD MONUMENT, 1836 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DIRGE (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EACH AND [OR, IN] ALL by RALPH WALDO EMERSON EROS (1) by RALPH WALDO EMERSON |
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