|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MARSH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: The woods have voices, and the sea
Last Line: Till to thy bosom they return.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: The woods have voices, and the sea
Last Line: Till to thy bosom they return.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
The woods have voices, and the sea
Her choral-song and threnody;
But thou alike to sun and rain
Dost mute and motionless remain.
As pilgrims to the shrine of sleep,
Through all thy solemn spaces creep
The tides -- a moment on thy breast
To pause in sacramental rest;
Then, flooded with the mystery,
To sink reluctant to the sea,
In landward loneliness to yearn
Till to thy bosom they return.
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
ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB