A SEA of splendor in the West, Purple, and pearl, and gold, With milk-white ships of cloud, whose sails Slowly the winds unfold. Brown cirrus-bars, like ribbed beach sand, Cross the blue upper dome; And nearer flecks of feathery white Blow over them like foam. But when that transient glory dies Into the twilight gray, And leaves me on the beach alone Beside the glimmering bay; And when I know that, late or soon, Love's glory finds a grave, And hearts that danced like dancing foam Break like the breaking wave; A little dreary, homeless thought Creeps sadly over me, Like the shadow of a lonely cloud Moving along the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 6. GRUACH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 28 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING GONE by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE MEN AND BOYS by KARL THEODORE KORNER HYMN TO FIRE by KONSTANTIN DMITRIYEVICH BALMONT THE QUAKER POET; VERSES ON SEEING MYSELF SO DESIGNATED by BERNARD BARTON |