Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE ON THE LAKES: DERELICT, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL


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LIFE ON THE LAKES: DERELICT, by                    
First Line: Driving back thro' the night on the lonely last ride
Last Line: Hushed and wistfully.
Subject(s): Roads; Solitude; Travel; Paths; Trails; Loneliness; Journeys; Trips


Driving back thro' the night on the lonely last ride
Swinging face to the fore,
"Coming—coming—coming"—
Tell how the brave old call died,
How the hushed minutes wore!

Passing out to the deeps, keeping there solemn tryst,
Going slowly by,
The lights gleam out thro' the murk and the mist,
Shining cheerily.
The ice flashes back from the white, snow-blocked lips,
Drifting dreamily,
And the piled decks blanch white as the red port-light dips,
Swaying heavily,
Or the wounded side gapes where the sated maw drips,
Lifting wearily.

Now the lights falter out as the great billows trip,
Fading mistily,
And the white mists close in as the spent spectre slips
Tired and trustingly,
Lingering by, lifting high thro' the storms white eclipse,
Hushed and wistfully.





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