Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 34. SKERRYVORE, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For love of lovely words, and for the sake Last Line: The name of a strong tower. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Architecture & Architects; Lighthouses; Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
FOR love of lovely words, and for the sake Of those, my kinsmen and my countrymen, Who early and late in the windy ocean toiled To plant a star for seamen, where was then The surfy haunt of seals and cormorants: I, on the lintel of this cot, inscribe The name of a strong tower. | 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 GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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