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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BREAKING BILLOWS AT SORRENTO, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: A sky of whirling flakes of foam
Last Line: In thunder the sea's boundless might.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Sea; Sky; Ocean
First Line: A sky of whirling flakes of foam
Last Line: In thunder the sea's boundless might.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Sea; Sky; Ocean
A sky of whirling flakes of foam;
A rushing world of dazzling blue
One moment, the sky looms in view --
The next, a crash in its curved dome,
A tumult indescribable;
And eyes dazed with the miracle.
Here breaks by circling day and night
In thunder the sea's boundless might.
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