Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WRECK, by JOHN RUSKIN Poet's Biography First Line: Its masts of might, its sails so free Last Line: On a low lee shore. Subject(s): Disasters; Shipwrecks | ||||||||
ITS masts of might, its sails so free, Had borne the scatheless keel Through many a day of darken'd sea, And many a storm of steel; When all the winds were calm, it met (With home-returning prore) With the lull Of the waves On a low lee shore. The crest of the conqueror On many a brow was bright; The dew of many an exile's eye Had dimm'd the dancing sight; And for love and for victory One welcome was in store, In the lull Of the waves On a low lee shore. The voices of the night are mute Beneath the moon's eclipse; The silence of the fitful flute Is on the dying lips. The silence of my lonely heart Is kept forevermore In the lull Of the waves On a low lee shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WRECK OF THE THRESHER by WILLIAM MEREDITH EX-VOTO FOR A SHIPWRECK by AIME CESAIRE CAESAR'S LOST TRANSPORT SHIPS by ROBERT FROST AFTER THE SHIPWRECK by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SIBYLLA'S DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER A SCYTHIAN BANQUET SONG by JOHN RUSKIN |
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