Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD OF THE SONG OF THE SEA-WIND, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: What is the song the sea-wind sings Last Line: Her central fires make one vast flame! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Sea; Wind; Ocean | ||||||||
What is the song the sea-wind sings -- The old, old song it singeth for aye? When abroad it stretches its mighty wings And driveth the white clouds far away, -- What is the song it sings to-day? From fire and tumult the white world came, When all was a mist of driven spray And the whirling fragments of a frame! What is the song the sea-wind sings -- The old, old song it singeth for aye? It seems to breathe a thousand things Ere the world grew sad and old and grey -- Of the dear gods banished far astray -- Of strange wild rumours of joy and shame! The Earth is old, so old, To-day -- Blind and halt and weary and lame. What is the song the sea-wind sings -- The old, old song it singeth for aye? Like a trumpet blast its voice out-rings, The world spins down the darksome way! It crieth aloud in wild dismay, The Earth that from fire and tumult came Draws swift to her weary end To-day, Her fires are fusing for that last Flame! ENVOY What singeth the sea-wind thus for aye, From fire and tumult the white world came! What is the sea-wind's cry To-day -- Her central fires make one vast flame! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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