Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONSTANCY, FR. SERAGLIO, by CHARLES DIBDIN Poet's Biography First Line: Blow high, blow low! Let tempest tear Last Line: Blow high, blow low! Let tempest tear,' etc. Alternate Author Name(s): Dibdin, Charles Isaac Mungo; Dibdin, Charles, Jr. Subject(s): Absence; Courage; Sea; Separation; Isolation; Valor; Bravery; Ocean | ||||||||
'BLOW high, blow low! let tempest tear The mainmast by the board! My heart (with thoughts of thee, my dear! And love well stored) Shall brave all danger, scorn all fear. The roaring wind, the raging sea, In hopes, on shore, To be once more Safe moored with thee. 'Aloft, while mountains high we go, The whistling winds that scud along, And the surge roaring from below, Shall my signal be To think on thee. And this shall be my Song, Blow high, blow low! let tempest tear, etc. 'And on that night (when all the crew The memory of their former lives, O'er flowing cans of flip renew, And drink their sweethearts and their wives), I'll heave a sigh, And think of thee. And, as the ship rolls through the sea, The burden of my Song shall be, Blow high, blow low! let tempest tear,' etc. | 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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