The Charles-and-Emma seaward sped, (Named from the carven pair at prow,) He so smart, and a curly head, She tricked forth as a bride knows how: Pretty stem for the port, I trow! But iron-rust and alum-spray And chafing gear, and sun and dew Vexed this lad and lassie gay, Tears in their eyes, salt tears nor few; And the hug relaxed with the failing glue. But came in end a dismal night, With creaking beams and ribs that groan, A black lee-shore and waters white: Dropped on the reef, the pair lie prone: O, the breakers dance, but the winds they moan! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOODNOTES: 2 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE SHADOW ON THE STONE by THOMAS HARDY THE CAGED SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS IN A BYE-CANAL by HERMAN MELVILLE THE LITTLE HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY 23RD STREET RUNS INTO HEAVEN by KENNETH PATCHEN THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 98. HE AND I by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI MANASSAS [JULY 21, 1861] by CATHERINE ANNE WARFIELD SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 2. THE OTHER ONE COMES TO HER by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS |