Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMPRESSIONS: LES SILHOUETTES, by OSCAR WILDE Poet's Biography First Line: The sea is flecked with bars of grey Last Line: Like silhouettes against the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
THE sea is flecked with bars of grey The dull dead wind is out of tune, And like a withered leaf the moon Is blown across the stormy bay. Etched clear upon the pallid sand The black boat lies: a sailor boy Clambers aboard in careless joy With laughing face and gleaming hand. And overhead the curlews cry, Where through the dusky upland grass The young brown-throated reapers pass, Like silhouettes against the sky. | 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 |
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