Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 100, by BLISS CARMAN Poet's Biography First Line: My love said, 'what is the sea?' Last Line: "heart of my heart!" Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
My love said, "What is the sea?" I said, "The unmeasured sea Is my heart, sweetheart, That is stormy or still With its great wild will, Glorying, stainless and free, Or sad with a sorrow beyond man's speech to impart, But for ever calling to thee, Heart of my heart." My love said, "What is the tide?" I said, "The unshackled tide Is my love, sweetheart, The draft and sweep Of the restless deep, Made clean as the stars and wide, That forever must yearn to the land above and apart, Till the day when she sinks to his side, Heart of my heart." My love said, "What is the land?" I said, "The Summer land Is thy face, sweetheart, Dreamy and warm and glad, In a benediction clad, With sunshine sweetened and tanned; And there is the set of the tide, the end and the start, The sea's despair and demand, Heart of my heart!" | 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 A MORE ANCIENT MARINER by BLISS CARMAN |
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