Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST: GLACIER, by ALICE HENSON ERNST First Line: Down from high silences, neighbored by moon and sun Last Line: Fading to restless mist in some uncharted haven. Subject(s): Glaciers | ||||||||
Down from high silences, neighbored by moon and sun, Over eternal snows in a hurt path, endlessly begun By endless flakes of coldness feeding that still, dead life Through centuries of pain, the old ice-griffin creeps Feebly, pursued by bitter arrows of the frost That sting his aged skeleton into elusive bloom; Past the uneasy clutch of forests, gray with sleep, Stirring their ancient mourning-cloaks of gloom, Until his outstretched fingers reach the sea, Like a thing loved, in last exhaustion. But the sea makes high carnival of death -- The wide-bosomed, strong, mad sea -- Rending the shining bones for fit burial: And from those lustral rites, phantom ships gleaming Cruise silently to unknown seas, wind-driven, Fading to restless mist in some uncharted haven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE UNDERGROUND by THOMAS MCGRATH GLACIER by LOUISE TOWNSEND NICHOLL GLACIER by ALVIN DAVID GREENBERG ICE SHALL COVER NINEVEH by KENNETH REXROTH FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST: YA-IHL'S SONG TO THE NORTH WIND by ALICE HENSON ERNST |
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