Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ISLE OF MAN (1), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A youth too certain of his power to wade Last Line: The power that saved him in his strange distress. Subject(s): Isle Of Man | ||||||||
A YOUTH too certain of his power to wade On the smooth bottom of this clear bright sea, To sight so shallow, with a bather's glee Leapt from this rock, and but for timely aid He, by the alluring element betrayed, Had perished. Then might Sea-nymphs (and with sighs Of self-reproach) have chanted elegies Bewailing his sad fate, when he was laid In peaceful earth: for, doubtless, he was frank, Utterly in himself devoid of guile; Knew not the double-dealing of a smile; Nor aught that makes men's promises a blank, Or deadly snare: and He survives to bless The Power that saved him in his strange distress. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 1ST SERIES. SPIES ALTERA; TO THE FUTURE MANX POET by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN FO'C'S'LE YARNS: ENVOY. GO BACK! by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN IN MEMORIAM: J. MACMEIKIN; DIED APRIL 1883 by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN JOB THE WHITE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN KITTY OF THE SHERRAGH VANE by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN MARY QUAYLE; THE CURATE'S STORY by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE INDIAMAN by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE MANX WITCH; A STORY OF THE LAXDALE MINES by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN TO G. TRUSTRUM by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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