Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNETS: 2, by ALLAN PARK PATON


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SONNETS: 2, by                    
First Line: How sweet thus in an idle boat to lie
Last Line: A wandering spirit it will seem to me!
Subject(s): Boats


How sweet thus in an idle boat to lie,
Borne gently by the ebbing tide away --
In the cool wave a gurgling hand to play,
Watching the shore we dreamily glide by;
Or fix our gaze upon the evening sky,
Where sinking Day, couch'd on the mountain'd West,
His gold-fring'd cloud-robes draweth round his breast,
And, like a king, prepareth him to die!
Hush! it is music! -- How it thrills the sense
As it comes trembling o'er the tranced sea,
A rich and mellow voice! oh, say not whence
(Say not from some becalmed company;)
And -- my soul fill'd with yonder radiance --
A wandering spirit it will seem to me!





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