Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOCH INA, by ANONYMOUS First Line: I know a lake where the cool waves break Last Line: "ere I would leave thee, loved loch-ine" Subject(s): "lough Ina [inagh] (lake), Ireland; | ||||||||
I KNOW a lake where the cool waves break, And softly fall on the silver sand; And no steps intrude on that solitude, And no voice, save mine, disturbs the strand. And a mountain bold, like a giant of old Turned to stone by some magic spell, Uprears in might his misty height, And his craggy sides are wooded well. In the midst doth smile a little isle, And its verdure shames the emerald's green; On its grassy side, in ruined pride, A castle of old is darkling seen. On its lofty crest the wild cranes nest, In its halls the sheep good shelter find; And the ivy shades where a hundred blades Were hung, when the owners in sleep reclined. That chieftain of old, could he now behold His lordly tower a shepherd's pen, His corpse, long dead, from its narrow bed Would rise with anger and shame again. 'T is sweet to gaze when the sun's bright rays Are cooling themselves in the trembling wave, But 't is sweeter far when the evening star Shines like a smile at Friendship's grave. There the hollow shells through their wreathed cells Make music on the silent shore, As the summer breeze, through the distant trees, Murmurs in fragrant breathings o'er. And the seaweed shines, like the hidden mines, Or the fairy cities beneath the sea; And the wave-washed stones are bright as the thrones Of the ancient Kings of Araby. If it were my lot in that fairy spot To live forever, and dream 't were mine, Courts might woo, and kings pursue, Ere I would leave thee, loved Loch-Ine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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