Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WE'LL GO TO SEA NO MORE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Oh blithely shines the bonny sun Last Line: We'll go to sea no more Subject(s): Fish & Fishing | ||||||||
Oh blithely shines the bonny sun Upon the Isle of May, And blithely comes the morning tide Into St Andrew's Bay. Then up, gude-man, the breeze is fair, And up, my braw bairns three; There's gold in yonder bonny boat That sails so well the sea. When life's last sun goes feebly down, And death comes to our door, When all the world's a dream to us, We'll go to sea no more. I've seen the waves as blue as air, I've seen them green as grass; But I never feared their heaving yet, From Grangemouth to the Bass. I've seen the sea as black as pitch, I've seen it white as snow: But I never feared its foaming yet, Though the winds blew high or low. When life's last sun goes feebly down, And death comes to our door, When all the world's a dream to us, We'll go to sea no more. I never liked the landsman's life, The earth is aye the same; Give me the ocean for my dower, My vessel for my hame. Give me the fields that no man ploughs, The farm that pays no fee: Give me the bonny fish that glance So gladly through the sea. When life's last sun goes feebly down, And death comes to our door, When all the world's a dream to us, We'll go to sea no more. The sun is up, and round Inchkeith The breezes softly blaw; The gude-man has his lines aboard -- Awa, my bairns, awa. An ye'll be back by gloaming grey, An bright the fire will low, An in your tales and songs we'll tell How weel the boat ye row. When life's last sun goes feebly down, And death comes to our door, When all the world's a dream to us, We'll go to sea no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOURNEY INTO THE EYE by DAVID LEHMAN THE GREAT BLACK HERON by DENISE LEVERTOV ISLA MUJERES by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SCHOOLS OF LITTLE FISH by MARVIN BELL TWO PICTURES OF A LEAF by MARVIN BELL OF FISH AND FISHERMEN by JOHN CIARDI TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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