Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STRAIGHT ON TO PORT, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Straight through the sea-foam and the awful sea Last Line: There to forget what storms have bruised her wings. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Sea Voyages | ||||||||
STRAIGHT through the sea-foam and the awful sea, And winds that battle round us day and night, Till the pale moon hides her white face in fright, The ship that bears my longing heart and me Fares toward that port where waiting loved ones be, And on the hearth of home the fire is bright; There wistful eyes shall be made glad with sight, And perils past forgotten joyfully. So, through long nights, and brief, sad winter days, Or summer's short-lived triumphs, or young springs, Or autumn's wind-blown, melancholy ways, My soul bears onward to her haven far, Beyond the utmost sea's dim harbor-bar, There to forget what storms have bruised her wings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV LEAVING FOREVER by DENISE LEVERTOV SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES QE2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY. by RITA DOVE MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM CROSSING THE ATLANTIC by ANNE SEXTON THE INDIA WHARF by SARA TEASDALE A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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