Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESIGNATION: PART 1: SEASCAPE, by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But though full noble is my theme Last Line: Dead bards stench every coast. Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
BUT though full noble is my theme, Full urgent is my call To soften sorrow, and forbid The bursting tear to fall: The task I dread; dare I to leave Of humble prose the shore, And put to sea? a dangerous sea? What throngs have sunk before! How proud the poet's billow swells! The God! the God! his boast: A boast how vain! What wrecks abound! Dead bards stench every coast. | 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 EPISTLE TO MR. POPE: AUTHORS AND CRITICS by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) EPISTLE TO MR. POPE: THE BLACK MILITIA OF THE PEN by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) EXTEMPORE TO VOLTAIRE CRITICISING MILTON by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) |
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