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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIKE A WORN GRAY-HAIRED MARINER WHOM THE SEA, by WILLIAM MOTHERWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
Last Line: Leaving behind a waste where desolate I may die
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac
Subject(s): Solitude; Mortality
Last Line: Leaving behind a waste where desolate I may die
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, Isaac
Subject(s): Solitude; Mortality
Like a worn gray-haired mariner whom the sea
I hath wrecked, then flung in mockery ashore,
To clamber some gaunt cliff, and list the roar
Of wave pursuing wave unceasingly ;
His native land, dear home, and toil-won store
Inexorably severed from his sight ;
His sole companions Hopelessness and Grief ''"
Who feels his day will soon be mirkest night ''"
Who from its close alone expects relief ''"
Praying life's sands, in pity, to descend
And rid him of life's burden, ''" So do I
Gaze on the world, and time fast surging by,
Drifting away each hope with each tried friend-
Leaving behind a waste where desolate I may die.
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