Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEAD SHIP; A KELTIC LEGEND, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ship came sailing, sailing Last Line: Oh, my heart break! Subject(s): Legends, Celtic; Ships & Shipping | ||||||||
THE ship came sailing, sailing, Into our old town -- My love combed out her golden hair; It fell to the hem of her gown. Oh, my heart, break! No master and no crew was hers, A ship of the dead was she, And sailing, sailing, sailing -- The folk ran out to see. Oh, my heart, break! And first they said nor yea, nor nay; Then some began to weep; And some did count their little lads, As a shepherd counts his sheep. Oh, my heart, break! Oh, sailing, sailing, sailing -- "Whom will it be?" said they; "She never sails to this our town But one doth go away." Oh, my heart, break! "Yea, one will go from this our town And come back nevermore; Whate'er His will, Lord God is good;" Thus I at my love's door. Oh, my heart, break! Thereat I turned into the house And climbed up my love's stair, And called her softly -- through the dusk I saw her golden hair. Oh, my heart, break! Who went away from our old town And came back nevermore? It was my love; she lay there dead Upon the chamber floor. Oh, my heart break! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW THE SHIP POUNDING by DONALD HALL ULTRAISTA ONEIRIC by ANSELM HOLLO THE NORTH SHIP by PHILIP LARKIN GOOD SHIPS by JOHN CROWE RANSOM A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE |
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