Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EARL OF SANDWICH, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They called the islands by his name Last Line: And calls them by some name of home. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Montagu, John, 4th Earl Of Sandwich; Twitcher, Jemmy | ||||||||
THEY called the islands by his name, Those isles, the far-away and fair; A graceful fancy linked with fame, A flattery -- such as poets share, Who link with lovely things their praise, And ask the earth, and ask the sky, To colour with themselves their lays And some associate grace supply. But here it was a sailor's thought, That named the island from the Earl -- That dreams of England might be brought To those soft shores, and seas of pearl. How very fair they must have seemed When first they darkened on the deep! Like all the wandering seamen dreamed When land rose lovely on his sleep. How many dreams they turned to truth When first they met the sailor's eyes; Green with the sweet earth's southern youth, And azure with her southern skies. And yet our English thought beguiles The mariner where'er he roam. He looks upon the new-found isles, And calls them by some name of home. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE LATE ROYAL SLOOP-OF-WAR GENERAL MONK by PHILIP FRENEAU CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON FELICIA HEMANS by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FACTORY; 'TIS AN ACCURSED THING! by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FEMALE CONVICT by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE MARRIAGE VOW by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A CHILD SCREENING A DOVE FROM A HAWK, BY STEWARDSON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A COMPARISON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A GIRL AT HER DEVOTIONS, BY NEWTON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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