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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE ON THE LAKES: DOWN ON THE BEACH (2), by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL First Line: The glory floats up the radiant west Last Line: The far lamp glows. | |||
The glory floats up the radiant west While the ripples lisp low; The colors swim on the sea at rest As the children row Laughing into the sunset on a joyous quest With their nets in tow. The wrecked timbers drift up the shore's broad breast— How the gnarled spikes show! A torn ship's side rears its ragged crest As the gaunt ribs throw Aslant up the beach from the surges' wrest, Where the great whins grow. The scant grasses climb in their wandering quest Where the headboards show, To their lonely watch by the stranger guest. The colors faint slow. The moon looks down from the hemlock nest. The far lamp glows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONVOY by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL DARIEN by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL FATHER'S GOOD SON by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: APRIL by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: AUGUST by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: DECEMBER by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: FEBRUARY by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: JANUARY by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: JULY by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL GOD'S WEATHER: JUNE by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL |
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