MIGHTY God Poseidon, thee I sing, Girder of the Earth, of Ocean king, Golden trident brandishing. Round thee sport in joyous rout Lightly leaping, gleaming, glancing, Tossing in their finny dancing Bristly mane and flattened snout, Dolphins, whom the Muse enthrals -- Playmates 'neath the briny waters Chasing Amphitrite's daughters In the Nereids' halls. These bore me to the coast of Pelops' isle On their curved backs uplifted, Cleaving the furrows of a pathless plain, On a perilous voyage I drifted, Cast by treacherous seamen's guile Into the darkling main. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT GOULD SHAW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A SONG TO DAVID by CHRISTOPHER SMART FRAGMENT OF AN 'ANTIGONE' by MATTHEW ARNOLD TO THE LADY PENELOPE RITCH by RICHARD BARNFIELD A SONG OF RICHES by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH; LAST POEM, ROME, MAY, 1861 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING TO L.E.L. ON THE DEATH OF FELICIA HEMANS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |