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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINCOLNSHIRE SHORES (AT MABLETHORPE), by ALFRED TENNYSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here often, when a child, I lay reclined Last Line: Dim shores, dense rains, and heavy-clouded sea! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore | |||
HERE often, when a child I lay reclined, I took delight in this locality. Here stood the infant Ilion of the mind, And here the Grecian ships did seem to be. And here again I come, and only find The drain-cut levels of the marshy lea, -- Gray sea - banks and pale sunsets, -- dreary wind, Dim shores, dense rains, and heavy-clouded sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEASHORE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS EASTERN LONG ISLAND by MARVIN BELL THE WIND IS BLOWING WEST by JOSEPH CERAVOLO IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIES INTO THE GULF by LUCILLE CLIFTON GEOGRAPHY AS WARNING by MADELINE DEFREES POWER FAILURE by MADELINE DEFREES A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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