Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET ON A PHOENICIAN TOMB, by KERR RAINSFORD First Line: A lonely grave above the rock-rimmed sea Last Line: Brings but new flowers to the wind-blown grass. Subject(s): Phoenicia | ||||||||
A lonely grave above the rock-rimmed sea, Where sea-birds scream, and white sea-flowers spread Their mantle o'er the long-forgotten dead Of other days -- dreamers who dauntlessly Fronted the challenging sea with sails unfurled, Out where the wild white horses beckoning prance About the trailing garments of romance, Beyond the pillared gateway of the world. And since that early morning of our race All history has been writ -- in blood and tears; Its shouting triumphs verberate and pass; While, in the hush of this enchanted place, The unremembered current of the years Brings but new flowers to the wind-blown grass. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: JOHN SCOFIELD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FLEMING HELPHENSTINE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: MAY by EDMUND SPENSER RID OF HIS ENGINE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON QUATORZAINS: 6. A FANTASTIC SIMILE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES MONT DE CASSEL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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