UP and over the sea we came, And saw the dayspring leap to flame. Full in face Gibraltar lay, Crouching, lion-like, at bay, Stern and still and battle-scarred, Grimly keeping watch and ward. Hark, and hear the morning gun Salute time's admiral, the sun, While the bleak old storied keep, That hath never known to sleep, Golden 'neath the morning lies, Sentinelled with memories, Heard when, rolling from afar, The hoarse waves thunder, "Trafalgar!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 5 by EZRA POUND LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE BISHOP BRUNO by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE BEGGAR MAID [AND KING COPHETUA] by ALFRED TENNYSON FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO BONDAGE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE STWONEN STEPS by WILLIAM BARNES |