Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST, by ALFRED NOYES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know a land, I, too Last Line: And sets my sail to seek another sky. Subject(s): Beauty; Home; Memory; Pacific Ocean; Soul; Winter; Youth | ||||||||
I KNOW a land, I, too, Where warm keen incense on the sea-wind blows, And all the winter long the skies are blue, And the brown deserts blossom with the rose. Deserts of all delight, Cactus and palm and earth of thirsty gold, Dark purple blooms round eaves of sun-washed white, And that Hesperian fruit men sought of old. O, to be wandering there, Under the palm-trees, on that sunset shore, Where the waves break in song, and the bright air Is crystal clean; and peace is ours, once more. There Beauty dwells, Beauty, re-born in whiteness from the foam; And Youth returns with all its magic spells, And the heart finds its long-forgotten home, -- Home -- home! Where is that land? For, when I dream it found, the old hungering cry Aches in the soul, drives me from all I planned, And sets my sail to seek another sky. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN MOUNTAIN LAUREL by ALFRED NOYES |
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