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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LIGHTHOUSE, by WALTER SCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Far in the bosom of the deep
Last Line: And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
Variant Title(s): Pharos' Loquitur
Subject(s): Lighthouses
First Line: Far in the bosom of the deep
Last Line: And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
Variant Title(s): Pharos' Loquitur
Subject(s): Lighthouses
FAR in the bosom of the deep,
O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep;
A ruddy gem of changeful light,
Bound on the dusky brow of night,
The seaman bids my lustre hail,
And scorns to strike his timorous sail.
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