Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TIDE ROCK, by CHARLES KINGSLEY



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THE TIDE ROCK, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How sleeps yon rock, whose half-day's bath is done
Last Line: A gallant front to this world's gaudy glare.
Subject(s): Stones; Granite; Rocks


HOW sleeps yon rock, whose half-day's bath is done.
With broad bright side beneath the broad bright sun,
Like sea-nymph tired, on cushioned mosses sleeping.
Yet, nearer drawn, beneath her purple tresses
From drooping brows we find her slowly weeping.
So many a wife for cruel man's caresses
Must inly pine and pine, yet outward bear
A gallant front to this world's gaudy glare.





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