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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BURLESQUE SONNET, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Thee, mackintosh, artificer of light
Last Line: Of light, and light's purveyance, hail, the king.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: Thee, mackintosh, artificer of light
Last Line: Of light, and light's purveyance, hail, the king.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
THEE, Mackintosh, artificer of light,
Thee, the lone smoker hails! the student, thee;
Thee, oft upon the ungovernable sea,
The seaman, conscious of approaching night;
Thou, with industrious fingers, hast outright
Mastered that art, of other arts the key,
That bids thick night before the morning flee,
And lingering day retains for mortal sight.
O Promethean workman, thee I hail,
Thee hallowed, thee unparalleled, thee bold
To affront the reign of sleep and darkness old,
Thee William, thee AEneas, thee I sing;
Thee by the glimmering taper clear and pale,
Of light, and light's purveyance, hail, the king.
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