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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHEA-OAK TREES ON A STORMY DAY, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: O'er sandy tracts the shea-oak trees
Last Line: A death song o'er the mournful plain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Death; Oak Trees; Dead, The
First Line: O'er sandy tracts the shea-oak trees
Last Line: A death song o'er the mournful plain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Death; Oak Trees; Dead, The
O'er sandy tracts the shea-oak trees
Droop their long wavy grey-green trails:
And inland wandering moans and wails
The long blast of the ocean-breeze:
Like loose strings of a viol or harp
These answering sound -- now low, now sharp
And keen, a melancholy strain:
A death song o'er the mournful plain.
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