Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MRS. HAYLEY, ON HER VOYAGE TO AMERICA. 1784, by WILLIAM HAYLEY First Line: Thou vexed atlantic, who hast lately seen Last Line: Kind as her heart, and as her purpose fair! Subject(s): Sea Voyages | ||||||||
Thou vexed Atlantic, who hast lately seen Britain's vain thunder on her offspring hurled, And the blind parent, in her frantic spleen, Pouring weak vengeance on a filial world! Thou, whose rough billows in loud fury curled, Have roared indignant under many a keel; And while contention all her sails unfurled, Have groaned the weight of ill-starred war to feel; Now let thy placid waters gaily bear A freight far differing from blood-thirsty steel; See Hayley now to cross thy flood prepare, A female merchant, fraught with friendly zeal! Give her kind gales, ye spirits of the air, Kind as her heart, and as her purpose fair! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV LEAVING FOREVER by DENISE LEVERTOV SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES QE2. TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING. THIRD DAY. by RITA DOVE MANHATTAN, 1609 by EDWIN MARKHAM CROSSING THE ATLANTIC by ANNE SEXTON |
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