Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIBRALTAR ROCK, AT NIGHT, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography First Line: The sun has set over spain and the lights of gibraltar Last Line: That beauty has made immortal -- and then forgot. Subject(s): Beauty; Gibraltar; Night; Spain; Bedtime | ||||||||
The sun has set over Spain and the lights of Gibraltar Drive golden piles deep into the dark of the water Where wavering they are lost. The vast Rock Rises behind, an ebon immensity Mutely aloof; and phantom ships that serve it Slip in and out silently Past harbour lights that softly signal The shadowy coasts of Africa. There is no granite fortress fiercely impregnable, Whose huge strength for a hundred years Has shaken the heart of the world's navies And given mankind a synonym of might. It is a soothing apparition of peace, Afloat between two continents; A memory of some earthless emanation That Beauty has made immortal -- and then forgot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100) by CALE YOUNG RICE |
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