To Sea! To Sea!
Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803 (Clifton, Bristol) – 1849 (Basel)
TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;
The wanton water leaps in sport,
And rattles down the pebbly shore;
The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts,
And unseen mermaids' pearly song
Comes bubbling up, the weeds among.
Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:
To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er.
To sea, to sea! our wide-winged bark
Shall billowy cleave its sunny way,
And with its shadow, fleet and dark,
Break the caved Tritons' azure day,
Like mighty eagle soaring light
O'er antelopes on Alpine height.
The anchor heaves, the ship swings free,
The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AxbxxxbA cdcdeeff |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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