Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE AND DEATH, by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: I thought of death beside the lonely sea Last Line: Life is the sovereign presence everywhere. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, D. C. Subject(s): Life | ||||||||
I THOUGHT of death beside the lonely sea That went beyond the limit of my sight, Seeming the image of his mastery, The semblance of his huge and gloomy might. But firm beneath the sea went the great earth, With sober bulk and adamantine hold, The water but a mantle for her girth, That played about her splendor fold on fold. And life seemed like this dear familiar shore That stretched from the wet sand's last wavy crease, Beneath the sea's remote and sombre roar, To inland stillness and the wilds of peace. Death seems triumphant only here and there; Life is the sovereign presence everywhere. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW AT THE CEDARS by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT |
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