Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 3. THE LAKE, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

POEMS WRITTEN IN NORWAY IN 1899: 3. THE LAKE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nevermore sail or oar
Last Line: To some darker shore to-morrow.
Subject(s): Lakes; Norway; Pools; Ponds


NEVERMORE sail or oar
Hears the chorus that once bore us
To the shore,
Where the birches shake their tresses
From the outmost sandy nesses.

Fare ye well, brae and dell,
And our meadow, deep in shadow!
Never tell
How we loved your pleasant reaches
And the shade of your sleek beeches.

Hours and hours, sun and showers,
Quiet-breasted, here we rested
By your flowers.
Flowers will fade and life is tragic;
Keep, sweet lake, your breathless magic.

To your shore nevermore
Come we sailing, blithely hailing,
As of yore;
To return would break asunder
All the threads we wove in wonder.

Then, adieu! not of you
Shall a broken heart be token,
Wavelets blue!
We must steer our barque of sorrow
To some darker shore to-morrow.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net