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Identifier: poeticalworksofj04lowe (find matches)
Title: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Subjects: Poetry
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company
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in hoarse and deep, And the next vast breaker curled its edge, Gathering itself for a mightier leap. North, east, and south there are reefs and breakers You would never dream of in smooth weather, That toss and gore the sea for acres, Bellowing and gnashing and snarling together; Look northward, where Duck Island lies, And over its crown you will see arise, Against a background of slaty skies, A row of pillars still and white, That glimmer, and then are gone from sight, As if the moon should suddenly kiss, While you crossed the gusty desert by night, The long colonnades of Persepolis; Look southward for White Island light, The lantern stands ninety feet oer the tide; There is first a half-mile of tumult and fight, Of dash and roar and tumble and fright, And surging bewilderment wild and wide, Where the breakers struggle left and right, Then a mile or more of rushing sea, And then the lighthouse slim and lone; And whenever the weight of ocean is thrown Full and fair on White Island head, Apple dor e
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PICTURES FROM APPLEDORE 211 A great mist-jotun you will see Lifting himself up silentlyHigh and huge oer the lighthouse top,With hands of wavering spray outspread, Groping after the little tower, That seems to shrink and shorten and cower,Till the monsters arms of a sudden drop, And silently and fruitlessly . He sinks back into the sea. You, meanwhile, where drenched you stand,Awaken once more to the rush and roar, And on the rock point tighten your hand, As you turn and see a valley deep,That was not there a moment before, Suck rattling down between you and a heapOf toppling billow, whose instant fallMust sink the whole island once for all, Or watch the silenter, stealthier seas Feeling their way to you more and more; If they once should clutch you high as the knees, They would whirl you down like a sprig of kelp, Beyond all reach of hope or help ;—And such in a storm is Appledore. VI T is the sight of a lifetime to beholdThe great shorn sun as you see it now,Across eight miles of

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  • booksubject:Poetry
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