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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAND & SPRAY: SEA-SYMPHONY. 2. VARIATIONS: 2. THE TIDE, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: The tide makes music Last Line: With rustle of scales. Subject(s): Sea; Tides; Ocean | |||
Con moto ondeggiante The tide makes music At the foot of the beach; The waves sing together Rumble of breakers. Ships there are swaying, Into the distance, Thrum of the cordage, Slap of the sails. The tide makes music At the foot of the beach; Low notes of an organ 'Gainst the dull clang of bells. The tide's tense purple On the untrodden sand: Its throat is blue, Its hands are gold. The tide makes music: The tide all day Catches light from the clouds That float over the sky. Ocean, old serpent, Coils up and uncoils; With sinuous motion, With rustle of scales. | 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 ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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