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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEEPER DESIRE, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: From noon and afternoon rich blue has bled
Last Line: Ocean and solitude had lured them there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Solitude; Swimming & Swimmers; Loneliness; Swimmers
First Line: From noon and afternoon rich blue has bled
Last Line: Ocean and solitude had lured them there.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Solitude; Swimming & Swimmers; Loneliness; Swimmers
FROM noon and afternoon rich blue has bled
Into a sea now dark as the sky is pale;
Down through the cliffs in heat-hushed haste they trail.
Vesture, like flimsy petals, quickly shed,
Each naked girl is soon a bobbing head.
Breeze ruffles, lo! the bay is strewn with sail,
And conscious of the shoreward-tacking male,
They stumble forth; the quietude has fled.
While towels cling, Diana climbs the east;
Their bevy turns half-clad to mutely stare;
The fleet afar is heading for the moon!
Though its approach had to young hearts been boon,
The disappointment more profoundly pleased;
Ocean and solitude had lured them there.
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