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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM SHANNON TO SEA, by EDMOND GORE ALEXANDER HOLMES Poet's Biography First Line: The shannon bore me to thy bosom wide Last Line: On the long rollers of the open sea. | |||
The Shannon bore me to thy bosom wide: I wandered with it on its winding way By fields of yellow corn and new mown hay, And far blue hills that rose on either side, And low dark woods that fringed the ebbing tide: And ever as its waters neared the west, Out of the slumber of its broadening breast Faint momentary ripples rose and died:-- And rose again before the breeze and grew To wavelets dancing in the noonday light, And these were changed to waves of ocean blue, And creek and headland faded from the sight, And oh! at last--at last I floated free On the long rollers of the open sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ETERNAL VIGIL by EDMOND GORE ALEXANDER HOLMES TOO DEEP FOR TEARS by EDMOND GORE ALEXANDER HOLMES ITALIAN PICTURES: JULY IN VALLOMBROSA by MINA LOY THE MEMORY OF MARTHA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR DIBDIN'S GHOST by EUGENE FIELD AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 7. AFTER THE FAIR by THOMAS HARDY CORONATION by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON O YE JOYS! by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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