Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE STORMY SEA, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR


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THE STORMY SEA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ere the twilight bat was flitting
Last Line: "home returned to love and thee!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
Subject(s): Homecoming; Sea Voyages


I.

ERE the twilight bat was flitting,
In the sunset, at her knitting,
Sang a lonely maiden, sitting
Underneath her threshold tree;
And, as daylight died before us,
And the vesper star shone o'er us,
Fitful rose her tender chorus—
"Jamie's on the stormy sea!"

II.

Warmly shone that sunset glowing;
Sweetly breathed the young flowers blowing;
Earth, with beauty overflowing,
Seem'd the home of love to be,
As those angel tones ascending,
With the scene and season blending,
Ever had the same low ending—
"Jamie's on the stormy sea!"

III.

Curfew bells remotely ringing,
Mingled with that sweet voice singing;
And the last red rays seem'd clinging
Lingeringly to tower and tree:
Nearer as I came, and nearer,
Finer rose the notes, and clearer;
O! 'twas Heaven itself to hear her—
"Jamie's on the stormy sea!"

IV.

Blow, ye west winds! blandly hover
O'er the bark that bears my lover;
Gently blow, and bear him over
To his own dear home and me;
For, when night winds bend the willow,
Sleep forsakes my lonely pillow,
Thinking of the foaming billow—
"Jamie's on the stormy sea!"

V.

How could I but list, but linger,
To the song, and near the singer,
Sweetly wooing Heaven to bring her
Jamie from the stormy sea:
And, while yet her lips did name me,
Forth I sprang—my heart o'ercame me—
"Grieve no more, sweet, I am Jamie,
Home returned to love and thee!"





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