WHEN on that joyful sea Where billow on billow breaks; where swift waves follow Waves, and hollow calls to hollow; Where sea-birds swirl and swing, And winds through the rigging shrill and sing: Where night is one vast starless shade; Where thy soul not afraid, Though all alone unlonely, Wanders and wavers, wavers wandering; On that accursÈd sea One moment only, Forget one moment, Love, thy fierce content; Back, let thy soul be bent, -- Think back, dear Love; O Love, think back to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDNIGHT-BY THE OPEN WINDOW by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS MANHATTAN ARMING by WALT WHITMAN ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 5. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE REPLY OF Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS TO A ROMAN 'ROUND-ROBIN' by ALFRED AUSTIN |