Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEA'S WITHHOLDING, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: The ladye's bower faced the sea Last Line: "can it be dawn and love away?" Subject(s): Disasters; Love - Loss Of; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Gulls; Shipwrecks; Storms; Wind | ||||||||
THE ladye's bower faced the sea, Its casements framed a sea-born day. She saw the fishers sail away, And, far and high, The gulls sweep by Within the hollow of the sky! She saw the laggard twilight come And, chased by rippling wakes of foam, She saw the fisher fleet come home Brown sails a-sheen Against the green With shadows creeping in between! She saw, when it was evening, all Day's banners stream in crimson rout Till night's soft finger blurred them out, And, high and far, A perfect star Shone where the keys of heaven are! "O far and constant star," she said, "O passing sail, O passing bird, O passing daybring you no word Of winds that steer His ship a-near? Where sails my love that sails not here? "The days in splendid pageant pass, In lovely peace the nights go by, And day and night are sweet; but I I cannot say Lo, the bright day! Can it be dawn and love away?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE WIND by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN LEAF LITTER ON ROCK FACE by HEATHER MCHUGH RESIDENTIAL AREA by JOSEPHINE MILES THE DAY THE WINDS by JOSEPHINE MILES VARIATIONS: 12 by CONRAD AIKEN OH IT'S PRETTY WINDY OUTSIDE by LARRY EIGNER A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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