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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CALM AT SEA, by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL Poet's Biography
First Line: The night is clear
Last Line: To light the temple of devotion.
Subject(s): Calm; Sea; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility; Ocean
First Line: The night is clear
Last Line: To light the temple of devotion.
Subject(s): Calm; Sea; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility; Ocean
THE night is clear,
The sky is fair,
The wave is resting on the ocean;
And far and near
The silent air
Just lifts the flag with faintest motion.
There is no gale
To fill the sail,
No wind to heave the curling billow;
The streamers droop,
And trembling stoop,
Like boughs, that crown the weeping willow.
From off the shore
Is heard the roar
Of waves in softest motion rolling;
The twinkling stars,
And whispering airs
Are all to peace the heart controlling.
The moon is bright,
Her ring of light,
In silver, pales the blue of Heaven,
Or tints with gold,
Where lightly rolled,
Like fleecy snow, the rack is driven.
How calm and clear
The silent air!
How smooth and still the glassy ocean!
While stars above
Seem lamps of love,
To light the temple of devotion.
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