Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE HEATH, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS


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ON THE HEATH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A desolate heath / over the sea
Last Line: Is the place for me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Desolation


A DESOLATE heath
Over the sea
Is the place for me,
When night is near,
When a wind upleaps
Seaward and sweeps
The horizon clear.
Widening beneath
Darkens the heath.

Sullen and far
Hark how they roar,
Waves of the shore,
Trees of the wood.
Heaven in her cloud,
Earth in her shroud,
Sullenly brood.
Smiles a white star
Silent and far.

Under the height
Yonder a glare
Reddens the air,
Where in the bay
Rigging and spars
Glow with their stars,
City and quay
Glitter to-night
Under the height.

O but for me
Purple of pine
In a sandy chine,
When the night-wind's breath
Will bare us soon
The wan young moon.
A desolate heath
Over the sea
Is the place for me.





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