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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE SEA, by HESTER ANDERSON REIDER
First Line: Pale glimmering amber light through shadowed green
Last Line: While in its wake the glittering bubbles gleam.
Subject(s): Sea; Wellesley College; Ocean
First Line: Pale glimmering amber light through shadowed green
Last Line: While in its wake the glittering bubbles gleam.
Subject(s): Sea; Wellesley College; Ocean
PALE glimmering amber light through shadowed green,
Dim forms, huge, menacing, that sudden loom
Out of the twilight, glow with lucent sheen,
Then passing merge and blur in distant gloom;
Below them, strange plants beckon, drift, and sway;
Above them, a vast pall of water lies;
Its shadows, never flecked by sunlight ray,
Are thronged by phantom shapes with bulging eyes.
A sudden darting flight on every side, --
A deepened shadow through the opal gloom, --
Then, slow and ponderous in its downward glide,
A huge black ship comes drifting to its doom.
It moves, a phantom in a world of dream,
While in its wake the glittering bubbles gleam.
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