Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A POET'S WIFE, by ALICE MEYNELL


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First Line: I saw a tract of ocean locked inland
Last Line: Who locks thee to her breast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


ISAW a tract of ocean locked inland,
Within a field's embrace --
The very sea! Afar it fled the strand,
And gave the seasons chase,
And met the night alone, the tempest spanned,
Saw sunrise face to face.

O Poet, more than ocean, lonelier!
In inaccessible rest
And storm remote, thou sea of thoughts, dost err
Scattered through east to west, --
Now, while thou closest with the kiss of her
Who locks thee to her breast.





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