Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA LAND, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN First Line: Vexed with herself, the sea returning sighs Last Line: She gives herself to slumber and to dreams. Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
Vexed with herself, the Sea returning sighs To think she scorned the ever steadfast Land, Who waits for her and reaches either hand Under the sombre shadow of the skies, That as a cloak across his shoulders lies. She answers not the jealous Wind's demand, But hurries on until upon the strand She turns unto her Lover with fond eyes. There as of old at dawn again they meet, And of the day the promises are sweet As those forgotten were. The sunlight beams Upon her face half-hidden in his breast, Where for a moment's space of peace and rest She gives herself to slumber and to dreams. | 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 A LOVE-THOUGHT by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN |
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