Lanterna Rally

Author: Susan K. Phillips

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-02

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9781330562888

Excerpt from On the Seaboard: And Other Poems What do you know about it? - you who dwell In the calm safety of the inland hush, Seeing bright corn-waves ripple on the, fell, And sparkling becks by floating lilies rush. Why, if the great winds sweep across the moor, And shake the branches of your spreading trees. Have I not heard you, smiling, say secure, 'Hark, how the forest mocks the sound of seas!' The sound of seas! Draw closer round the hearth, Hope that your oaks face bravely to the storm. Let the wild music blend with household mirth. As fair false fancies 'mid your dreamings form. The sound of seas! What does it say to us, When the surf 'calls' along the hollow strand. With its deep thunder, low and ominous, While the white foam flakes, warning, stud the sand? It tells how the fierce blast is landward blowing, How ships are drifting to the cruel reef; It tells how crested waves are landward flowing. Back sweeping hope of rescue or relief; It bids skilled watchers gather on the pier, And daring crews to loose the life-boat ready. To see the rocket lines are taut and clear. To feel the rowlocks strong, the rudder steady. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.