Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE JERSEY MARSHES, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN


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First Line: When april rains and the great spring-tide
Last Line: Twice in the day, continuously.
Subject(s): New Jersey; Swamps; Bogs; Fens; Marshes


When April rains and the great spring-tide
Cover the lowlands far and wide,
And eastern winds blow somewhat harsh
Over the salt and mildewed marsh,
Then the grasses take deeper root,
Sucking, athirst and resolute;
And when the waters eddy away,
Flowing in trenches to Newark Bay,
The fibrous blades grow rank and tall,
And from their tops the red-birds call.
Five miles in width the moor is spread;
Two broad rivers its borders thread;
The schooners which up their channels pass
Seem to be sailing in the grass,
Save as they rise with the moon-drawn sea,
Twice in the day, continuously.





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