Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE SEA, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: The splendor [or, pathway] of the sinking moon Last Line: But the love in thee and me! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
THE splendor of the sinking moon Deserts the silent bay; The mountain-isles loom large and faints Folded in shadows gray, And the lights of land are setting stars That soon will pass away. O boatman, cease thy mellow song! O minstrel, drop thy lyre! Let us hear the voice of the midnight sea, Let us speak as the waves inspire, While the plashy dip of the languid oar Is a furrow of silver fire. Day cannot make thee half so fair, Nor the stars of eve so dear: The arms that clasp and the breast that keeps, They tell me thou art near, And the perfect beauty of thy face In thy murmured words I hear. The lights of land have dropped below The vast and glimmering sea; The world we leave is a tale that is told, -- A fable, that cannot be. There is no life in the sphery dark But the love in thee and me! | 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 THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS BEDOUIN [LOVE] SONG by BAYARD TAYLOR NATIONAL ODE; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA by BAYARD TAYLOR |
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