DAWN off the Foreland—the young flood making Jumbled and short and steep— Black in the hollows and bright where it's breaking— Awkward water to sweep. "Mines reported in the fairway, Warn all traffic and detain. Sent up @3Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock,@1 and @3Golden Gain."@1 Noon off the Foreland—the first ebb making Lumpy and strong in the bight. Boom after boom, and the golf-hut shaking And the jackdaws wild with fright. "Mines located in the fairway, Boats now working up the chain, Sweepers—@3Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock,@1 and @3Golden Gain."@1 Dusk off the Foreland—the last light going And the traffic crowding through, And five damned trawlers with their syreens blowing Heading the whole review! "Sweep completed in the fairway. No more mines remain. Sent back @3Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock,@1 and @3Golden Gain."@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FOREST HYMN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SONNET COMPOSED ON A JOURNEY HOMEWARD by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE SPRING SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR DEWEY AT MANILA [MAY 1, 1898] by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON TALL NETTLES by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER (2) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |