Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAVES AT MIDNIGHT; THE CLIFFS, NEWPORT, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography First Line: Seen in the night by / their snows, as they crush Last Line: Wail, crushed at an answerless cliff-wall for me. Subject(s): Newport, Rhode Island; Sea; Waves; Ocean | ||||||||
SEEN in the night by Their snows, as they crush, Evermore saying Hushhushhush They fall, and they die, Break, and perish, without reply. And are not and are, And come back again With the sob and throb Of a constant pain, And snatch from afar The tremulous light of a single star. Always the cliffs hear, How mournfully sweet Their murmurous music, Their cry of defeat, As near and more near They shiver and die in darkness drear. Bleaker the cliffs be, And blacker the night, Where tender with sorrow, Where eager for light, The waves of life's sea Wail, crushed at an answerless cliff-wall for me. | 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 A DECANTER OF MADEIRA, AGED 86, TO GEORGE BANCROFT, AGED 86 by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL HOW THE CUMBERLAND WENT DOWN [MARCH 8, 1862] by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL |
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