Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIGHLAND NIGHT; 1715-1815-1915, by ISABEL WESTCOTT HARPER First Line: O turn ye homeward in the night-tide dusk! Last Line: Turn ye to me before the morning light. Subject(s): World War I - Scotland | ||||||||
O TURN ye homeward in the night-tide dusk! Return, O lad, across the watery dark. The wind is eerie, and the sea growls low, And voices mutter in the caves. O hark! The sea-bird hath her mate, but none I know. All day the gulls are crying round the rocks, And spray is leaping white against their face; The child is shouting, and the wind is sweet; Above our heads the flying cloudlets race, Where we are on the hillside cutting peat. The sun glints on the waves. I have no fear; My heart is filled with ancient battle songs; But when the winter seas are crying loud, Phantoms of eld, and marching faery throngs, From strange old tales into my fancy crowd. They hold before my eyes a bloody plaid A wail of warning hurries down the gust, The door blows open, and the baby cries, And dark-red drops are trickling in the dust. Kneeling I fall and cover up my eyes. O turn ye homeward in the night-tide dusk! The door stands open, and the sea growls low. Ah, lad, my candle shines across the night. The sea-bird hath her mate, but none I know; Turn ye to me before the morning light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PIPES IN ARRAS (APRIL, 1917) by NEIL MUNRO SPRINGTIME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A FOREST HYMN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE EXILE'S SONG by ROBERT GILFILLAN THREE FRIENDS OF MINE: 5; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CHRISTMAS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN LYRIC by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE TO SIR THOS. BARLOW, P.R.C.P. by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES FO'C'S'LE YARNS: 2D SERIES. DEDICATION by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |
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