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 | ||||||||
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. | 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 THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL |
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