Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WRITTEN BY THE SEA, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet are white dreams I' the dusk, yet sweeter far Last Line: White joy, white peace, white balm that healeth me! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Dreams; Flowers; Sea; Soul; Nightmares; Ocean | ||||||||
Sweet are white dreams i' the dusk, yet sweeter far When the sea-music fills those haunting dreams: When light survives alone in each white star And in the far white shine of a myriad gleams: When from white flowers, that through the violet gloom Shine faintly phosphorescent, strange breaths steal And in the lamp-lit silence of the room The longing, yearning soul makes mute appeal: When nought is heard, and yet the tired hands stray To meet white dream-like hands soft floating by: When the disanchor'd mind sails far away 'Mid the suspense of an imagined sigh -- 'Tis thee, 'tis thee, O dear white soul, 'tis thee, White Joy, white Peace, white Balm that healeth me! | 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 |
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