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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CUBAN PIRATE, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Buccaneer in gemmed attire
Last Line: You flying spark of paradise?
Subject(s): Hummingbirds
First Line: Buccaneer in gemmed attire
Last Line: You flying spark of paradise?
Subject(s): Hummingbirds
Buccaneer in gemmed attire --
Ruby, amber, emerald, jet --
Darkling, sparkling dot of fire,
Still on plunder are you set?
Summer is your sea, and there
The flowers afloat you board and ravage,
Yourself a thing more dazzling fair --
Tiny, plumed, bejewelled Savage!
Midget! yet in passion a fell
Furioso, Creoles tell.
Wing'd are you Cupid in disguise
You flying spark of Paradise?
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