Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 69. WRITTEN AT EXMOUTH, ON SEEING A SEAMAN, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: Clouds, gold and purple, o'er the westering ray Last Line: Tho' poor and plunder'd, he absolves his fate! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Sailing & Sailors | ||||||||
WHO HAD BEEN IMPRISONED AT ROCHFORT Clouds, gold and purple, o'er the westering ray Threw a bright veil, and catching lights between, Fell on the glancing sail, that we had seen With soft, but adverse winds, throughout the day Contending vainly: as the vessel nears, Encreasing numbers hail it from the shore; Lo! on the deck a pallid form appears, Half wondering to behold himself once more Approach his home[.] -- And now he can discern His cottage thatch amid surrounding trees; Yet, trembling, dreads lest sorrow or disease Await him there, embittering his return: But all he loves are safe; with heart elate, Tho' poor and plunder'd, he absolves his fate! | Other Poems of Interest...THE GOLDEN AGE OF FIGUREHEAD by MATTHEA HARVEY EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL SAILS OF MURMUR by ANSELM HOLLO LOST ABOARD U.S.S. 'GROWLER'; IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HICKEY, 1944 by CHARLES OLSON THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 11 by KENNETH REXROTH THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 47 by KENNETH REXROTH ELEGIAC SONNET: 2. WRITTEN AT THE CLOSE OF SPRING by CHARLOTTE SMITH |
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