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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BURTHEN OF THE TIDE, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The tide was dark and heavy with the burden that it bore
Last Line: For more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Grief; Sea; Tides; Sorrow; Sadness; Ocean
First Line: The tide was dark and heavy with the burden that it bore
Last Line: For more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Grief; Sea; Tides; Sorrow; Sadness; Ocean
The tide was dark an' heavy with the burden that it bore,
I heard it talkin', whisperin', upon the weedy shore:
Each wave that stirred the sea-weed was like a closing door,
'Tis closing doors they hear at last who hear no more, no more,
My Grief,
No more!
The tide was in the salt sea-weed, and like a knife it tore,
The hoarse sea-wind went moaning, sooing, moaning o'er and o'er,
The wild sea-heart was brooding deep upon its ancient lore,
I heard the sob, the sooing sob, the dying sob at its core,
My Grief,
Its core!
The white sea-waves were wan and grey its ashy lips before;
The whirled spume between its jaws in floods did seaward pour—
O whisperin' weed, O wild sea-waves, O hollow baffled roar,
Since one thou hast, O dark dim Sea, why callest thou for more,
My Grief,
For more.
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