Poems about portsmouth (20 Poems)
Lady Wentworth (Nora Perry Poems)
‘She shall marry me yet,’ he smiling said -Smiling, and under his breath – but redAs flame his dark cheek glowed, and bale-fire burnedIn his passionate eyes, as he swiftly turned Out of the sunshine into the shade -Out of … Continue reading
The Ballad of Louis Wagner (John Perreault Poems)
The fog peers in the windows, passes ‘neath the lampsSettles in the doorways and huddles from the dampSlips inside the houses, rooms, the sleeper’s bed and dreamsIt rolls him over, turns him out into the shrouded street. Dreamer, listen to … Continue reading
The Wreck Of Rivermouth (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Rivermouth Rocks are fair to see,By dawn or sunset shone across,When the ebb of the sea has left them free,To dry their fringes of gold-green mossFor there the river comes winding down,From salt sea-meadows and uplands brown,And waves on the … Continue reading
The Ballad of the Squalus (John Perreault Poems)
I ran into an old time sailor, up on Market Street;We had a cup of coffee, his last name was McLees;He fought in the Pacific, on Portsmouth submarines;I asked about the Squalus, this is what he told me. ‘Squalus was … Continue reading
Geist’s Grave (Matthew Arnold Poems)
Four years!–and didst thou stay aboveThe ground, which hides thee now, but four?And all that life, and all that love,Were crowded, Geist! into no more? Only four years those winning ways,Which make me for thy presence yearn,Call’d us to pet … Continue reading
Ox Cart Man (Donald Hall Poems)
In October of the year,he counts potatoes dug from the brown field,counting the seed, countingthe cellar’s portion out,and bags the rest on the cart’s floor. He packs wool sheared in April, honeyin combs, linen, leathertanned from deerhide,and vinegar in a … Continue reading
Paul Jones House (R J Gilker Poems)
Portsmouth will you forget the manWho helped to glorify thy name,And guided to a foreign strandYour ship, your flag, your fame? Save for the Nation, and your own,That house, a naval hero’s house,Within its wall John Paul Jones plannedThose victories … Continue reading
The Angel In The House. Book I. Canto III. (Coventry Patmore Poems)
Preludes I The Lover He meets, by heavenly chance express, The destined maid; some hidden hand Unveils to him that loveliness … Continue reading
Mermaid I (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
” AS we lay musing in our beds, So well and so warm at ease, I thought upon those lodging-beds Poor seamen have at seas. Last Easter day, in the morning fair, We was not far from land, Where we … Continue reading
The Portsmouth Road (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
As I went down the Portsmouth Road, a careless, rambling fellow,The stormcock whistled on the bough, a stave both loud and mellow;To hear his song I paused awhile, then tossed it back with laughter,But all along the seaward road, I … Continue reading