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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BATH, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905) Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the once lovely monster, in the tide
Last Line: The foamy lash of the assaulting sea.
Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Sea; Ocean
First Line: Like the once lovely monster, in the tide
Last Line: The foamy lash of the assaulting sea.
Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Sea; Ocean
LIKE the once lovely monster, in the tide
Wade man and beast, a bare, unbridled twain
'Mid golden gusts of bitter, sea-blown rain,
Their limber lines athwart the sun descried.
The savage stallion and the churl astride
Deep draughts of the sea's briny odour drain
Glad of the icy thrill on flesh and mane
From sprays that on the Atlantic billows ride.
The surge swells, runs, rears upright, shatters. He
Shouts loudly. The horse neighs, and with his tail
Smites on the rushing blue as with a flail;
While on the sky, with blown hair, shudderingly
They bear a steaming front that breaks in hail
The foamy lash of the assaulting sea.
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