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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE OCEAN, by THOMAS HOOD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall I rebuke thee, ocean, my old love
Last Line: Next to her soil, my grave be found in thee!
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: Shall I rebuke thee, ocean, my old love
Last Line: Next to her soil, my grave be found in thee!
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
SHALL I rebuke thee, Ocean, my old love,
That once, in rage, with the wild winds at strife,
Thou darest menace my unit of a life,
Sending my clay below, my soul above,
Whilst roar'd thy waves, like lions when they rove
By night, and bound upon their prey by stealth?
Yet didst thou ne'er restore my fainting health? --
Didst thou ne'er murmur gently like the dove?
Nay, dost thou not against my own dear shore
Full break, last link between my land and me? --
My absent friends talk in thy very roar,
In thy waves' beat their kindly pulse I see,
And, if I must not see my England more,
Next to her soil, my grave be found in thee!
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