Newfoundland Verse

Newfoundland Verse

Sea Variations The Toll of the Bells The Ground-Swell Magnolia Blossoms The Ice-Floes ? The Shark The Fog The Big Fellow The Morning Plunge In Absentia The Flood Tide The Pine Tree In Lantern Light The Secret of the Sea Loss of the Steamship Florizel The Drowning Monologues And Dialogues I Carlo II Overheard by a Stream III Overheard in a Cove IV The Passing of Jerry Moore V The History of John Jones Old, old is the sea to-day. A sudden stealth of age Has torn away The texture of its youth and grace, And filched the rose of daybreak from its waters. Now lines of grey And dragging vapors on its brow Heavily are drawn; And it lies broken as with centuries, Though yesterday, Blue-eyed and shadowless as a child's face, It held the promise of a luminous dawn; Though through its merry after-hours It bade the sun to pour Its flaming mintage on the ocean floor That by a conjuror's touch was turned To rarer treasure manifold, Where jacinth, emerald and sapphire burned A fringe around a core of gold.... Old, old is the sea to-day, Forsaken, chill and grey, And banished is the glory of its waters; Though through the silent tenure of the night It bade the sterile moon to multiply A thousand-fold its undivided light, Within the nadir of a richer sky; When every star a thousand cressets glowed That, caught in wider conflagration, sent Vast leagues of silver fire wherever flowed The waters of its shoreless firmament. But old and grey Is the sea to-day, With the morning colors blanched upon its waters. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 59896
Author: Pratt, E. J. (Edwin John)
Release Date: Jul 10, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English